Nick Bruno and Troy Quane

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Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
Nationality
  • American
  • Canadian (Quane)
Occupations
  • Film directors
  • Film animators
Years active
  • 2006–present (Bruno)
  • 1995–present (Quane)

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), for the latter where they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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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, Nick 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 an Academy Award for the Best Animated Feature, losing to Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron .

Filmography

Troy Quane

YearTitleCredited asNotes
Animator Storyboard artist Director
1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas YesNoNo2D Animator - Belle [11]
1998 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World YesNoNo2D Animator [12]
1999 Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas YesNoNo2D Animator [13]
2000 The Tigger Movie YesNoNo2D Animator [12]
2000 Titan A.E. YesNoNo2D Animator - Uncredited [12]
2001 Osmosis Jones YesNoNo2D Animator [12]
2002 Eight Crazy Nights YesNoNo2D Animator [12]
2006 Curious George YesNoNo2D Animator [12]
2006 The Wild NoYesNo
2007 Enchanted NoYesNoStoryboard Supervisor
2009 9 NoYesNo
2011 Arthur Christmas NoYesNo
2011 The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol NoNoYes [3]
2012 Hotel Transylvania NoYesNo
2015 The Peanuts Movie NoYesNo
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course NoYesNo
2017 Ferdinand NoYesNo
2019 Spies in Disguise NoNoYesCo-directed with Bruno [2]
Additional voices
2023 Nimona NoNoYesCo-directed with Bruno
Also story by [14]
Additional voices

Nick Bruno

YearTitleCredited asNotes
Animator Storyboard artist Director
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown YesNoNo
2006 No Time for Nuts YesNoNo
2008 Horton Hears a Who! YesNoNoAnimation Character Leads - The Whos
2008 Surviving Sid YesNoNo
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs YesNoNo
2011 Rio YesNoNo
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift YesNoNoAnimation Supervisor
2013 Epic YesNoNo
2014 Rio 2 YesNoNoDevelopment Animation Supervisor
2015 The Peanuts Movie YesYesNoAnimation Supervisor
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course YesNoNo
2019 Spies in Disguise NoNoYesCo-directed with Quane [2]
Additional voices
2023 Nimona NoNoYesCo-directed with Quane
Also story by [14]
Additional voices
TBAUntitled Annapurna Animation filmNoNoYes [15]

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.viewconference.it/speaker/troy-quane
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dawson, Angela (December 24, 2019). "Blue Sky Studios Animators Make Their Directorial Debut With 'Spies In Disguise". Forbes . Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Gallagher, Brian (December 2, 2011). "EXCLUSIVE: Troy Quane and Kurt Albrecht Talk The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol". MovieWeb . Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  4. ↑ Noyer, Jérémie (December 21, 2011). "The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol : maxi-director Troy Quane on Sony's mini-movie!". Animated Views. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Nikolas Ilic - Kazorn and the Unicorn". Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  6. ↑ Rosenberg, Lily (December 25, 2019). "'Spies in Disguise': Meet the Voices Behind Each Animated Performer". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  7. ↑ "'Urban Legendz' First Look: Animators Unite for 1980s Coming-Of-Age Tale". May 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (April 11, 2022). "'Nimona' Animated Movie Lands at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ Grobar, Matt (April 11, 2022). "'Nimona': Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed & Eugene Lee Yang To Topline Animated Pic From Netflix And Annapurna". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  10. ↑ Romano, Nick (April 11, 2022). "Netflix saves Nimona after Disney scrapped LGBTQ-friendly animated film". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ https://animatedviews.com/2008/enchanted-interviews-chapter-four-harald-siepermann-and-troy-quane/
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 https://artoffatherhood.net/nick-bruno-troy-quane-talk-about-fatherhood-spies-in-disguise-more/
  13. ↑ https://x.com/quanetroy/status/1740267736947925033?s=61&t=kmvL-LOuranUNlThj5bGOw
  14. 1 2 @cristinbmckee (October 1, 2022). "That's a wrap on Nimona! I finished my last shot last week. It's been a wild 4+ years of excitement, loss, hope, and absolute pride and joy. I can't wait till y'all see it. Nimona and Bal have some important things to tell the world" (Tweet). Retrieved November 27, 2022– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ September 05, Nick Romano; EDT, 2023 at 11:00 AM. "'Stray' movie and 'Ice Age' director's next film a go at Annapurna". EW.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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