Fabrice Joubert

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Fabrice Joubert
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Fabrice O. Joubert is a French film director, animator, story artist, and producer. He made his directorial debut with the animated film French Roast (2008), for which he was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.

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Life and career

Joubert was born in France and grew up in Paris where he graduated from the Gobelins Animation School after majoring in film studies at the Sorbonne University. [1] He started his career in Los Angeles, hired by DreamWorks Animation in 1998 to work as an animator on their first 2D animated feature The Prince of Egypt, and honed his skills in traditional and cg animation on their next five movies “ [2]

In 2007, he settled in Paris to write and direct his first short animated film French Roast. [3] The film was screened throughout the world and won multiple awards before being nominated for an Oscar in 2010. [4] In 2013, he moved back to Los Angeles to work for Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, Minions, The Secret Life of Pets, Sing ...). There, he directed a series of short films and commercials.

In 2019, Fabrice wrote, directed and produced his first live action short film "Safety". [5]

In 2025, he co-directed with Alain Chabat the animated mini-series "Astérix & Obélix: Le Combat des Chefs" for Netflix [6] .

Filmography

Fabrice worked on many different films, formats and techniques, here is a list of the films he worked on: [7]

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References

  1. Zahed, Ramin (12 August 2009). "PEOPLE : Interview with Fabrice O. Joubert, Director, French Roast". Animation Magazine.
  2. "… one of the producers asked me if I would accept to be trained in CG to see if a traditional animator could easily transfer his skills to this new medium. It might sound senseless today, but at the time producers were not convinced that it could work.“ Vgl. "Fabrice O.Joubert talks about French Roast". Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. Desowitz, Bill (4 February 2010). "The Oscars: Joubert Talks 'French Roast'". AWN - Animation World Network.
  4. "82nd Oscars Nominations". New York Times.
  5. "Safety - Filmmakers". Safety Movie Official Website.
  6. "la série animée Astérix et Obélix d'Alain Chabat dévoile son cast XXL". Konbini.
  7. "Fabrice Joubert - Filmography". IMDb.