Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
American filmmakers
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Nick Bruno and Troy Quane are American filmmakers and animators. They are best known for directing the animated films Spies in Disguise (2019) and Nimona (2023), with the latter being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
- Film directors
- Film animators
- 2006–present (Bruno)
- 1995–present (Quane)
- American
- Canadian (Quane)
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Career
Quane began as a 2D animator in 1995[1] before starting his career at Walt Disney Studios as a storyboard artist on the films The Wild (2006) and Enchanted (2007).[2] He later left the company to serve as a story artist on 9 (2009), Arthur Christmas (2011), and Hotel Transylvania (2012).[2] In 2011, Quane began his directorial career with the film The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol.[3][4] In 2012, Quane was hired to co-direct the film Kazorn & The Unicorn with Kelly Asbury.[5]
Bruno began his career at Blue Sky Studios as an animator on four Ice Age films: The Meltdown (2006), Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Continental Drift (2012), and Collision Course (2016).[2] He was also an animator on Rio (2011), Epic (2013), Rio 2 (2014), and The Peanuts Movie (2015).[2] In 2019, Quane and Bruno first teamed up to direct the animated comedy film Spies in Disguise, for Blue Sky Studios.[2][6] On May 22, 2019, Bruno worked on a graphic novel called Urban Legendz with Blue Sky animator Paul Downs and Pixar animator Micheal Yates, and was released around June.[7]
In April 2022, it was announced that they would direct the Netflix animated film Nimona, which was released in June 2023.[8][9][10] Bruno and Quane were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron.[11] In September 2023, Bruno was hired to direct a film for Annapurna Animation.[12] In February 2024, Quane expressed interest in making sequels and spin offs to Nimona.[13] In March 2025, Quane was hired to direct The Wild Robot Escapes for DreamWorks Animation, replacing Chris Sanders, who wrote and directed The Wild Robot, remains as a screenwriter in the sequel.[14] Before he was hired to direct The Wild Robot Escapes, he was developing an untitled original film at DreamWorks Animation.[14]
Filmography
Both Quane and Bruno
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes / Ref(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animator | Storyboard artist | Director | Story writer | Other | |||
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | Bruno only | Yes | No | No | Bruno only | Animation Supervisor Bruno only[2] |
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course | Bruno only | Quane only | No | No | No | [2] |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Additional voices[2] |
| 2023 | Nimona | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Additional voices[15] |
Troy Quane
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes / Ref(s) | ||
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| Animator | Storyboard artist | Director | |||
| 1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator - Belle[16] |
| 1998 | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator[17] |
| 1999 | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator[18] |
| 2000 | The Tigger Movie | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator[17] |
| 2000 | Titan A.E. | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator - Uncredited[17] |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator[17] |
| 2002 | Eight Crazy Nights | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator[17] |
| 2006 | Curious George | Yes | No | No | 2D Animator[17] |
| 2006 | The Wild | No | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | Enchanted | No | Yes | No | Storyboard Supervisor |
| 2009 | 9 | No | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | No | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | No | No | Yes | [3] |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | No | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | Ferdinand | No | Yes | No | |
| TBA | The Wild Robot Escapes † | No | No | Yes | [14] |
Nick Bruno
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes / Ref(s) | |
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| Animator | Director | |||
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Yes | No | |
| 2006 | No Time for Nuts | Yes | No | |
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | Yes | No | Animation Character Leads - The Whos |
| 2008 | Surviving Sid | Yes | No | |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | Rio | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Yes | No | Animation Supervisor |
| 2013 | Epic | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | Yes | No | Development Animation Supervisor |
| TBA | Untitled Annapurna Animation film † | No | Yes | [12] |
Bibliography
- Urban Legendz (2019) Bruno only[7]
Accolades
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
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| Visual Effects Society Awards | February 2, 2016 | Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | The Peanuts Movie | Nominated | [19][20] |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | January 8, 2024 | Best Animated Feature | Nimona | Nominated | [21] |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | January 19, 2024 | Best Animated Film | Nominated | [22][23] | |
| Annie Awards | February 17, 2024 | Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production | Nominated | [24] | |
| Academy Awards | March 10, 2024 | Best Animated Feature | Nominated | [25][11] | |
| Hugo Awards | August 11, 2024 | Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) | Nominated | [26] |