Paul Briggs

Paul Briggs
Background information
Born	John Paul Briggs December 17, 1974 (age 47) San Antonio, Texas, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Story artist, story department supervisor, voice actor
Years active	1997–present

John Paul Briggs is an American story artist and story department supervisor at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Briggs was born on December 17, 1974 in San Antonio, Texas and graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute. He began his career at Disney as an intern before gaining offical work as a visual effects artist on the 1997 film, Hercules. One of his earlier assignments was helping to animate the deleted "Human Again" segment in the 2002 special edition release of Beauty and the Beast. He also contributed to films like Mulan, Brother Bear, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, and Raya and the Last Dragon which he co- directed with Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada.

He also provided the voice of Two Fingers in The Princess and the Frog, Marshmallow in Frozen and its sequel, and Yama in Big Hero 6 and its follow-up series.

Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Role
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Visual Effects artist - uncredited
1997	Hercules	Additional Effects in-between-er
1998	Mulan	Effects assistant
1999	Tarzan	Additional visual effects animator
2002	Lilo & Stitch	Key Assistant
2003	Brother Bear	Key Assistant
2008	Bolt	Additional Story Artist
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Story Artist Voice Actor	Two Fingers
2010	Tangled	Story Artist
2011	Winnie the Pooh	Story Artist
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Story Artist
2013	Get a Horse!	Writer	Additional Voices
	Frozen	Story Artist Voice Actor	Marshmallow
2014	Big Hero 6	Story Artist Voice Actor	Mr. Yama
2015	Frozen Fever	Voice Actor	Marshmallow
2016	Zootopia	Additional Story Artist
	Moana	Story Artist
2017-2021	Big Hero 6: The Series	Voice Actor	Mr. Yama
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Voice Actor	Marshmallow
2019	Frozen II	Voice Actor	Marshmallow
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon	Co-director Story

Disney Roles

Two Fingers
(The Princess and the Frog)

Marshmallow
(Frozen franchise and Kingdom Hearts III)

Mr. Yama
(Big Hero 6 franchise)

Artwork

Moana

Gigantic: Golden Goose Character Concept

Rey

Samurai Anna

Daredevil

Spider-Man

Mowgli

Kermit the Frog

K-2SO

Gallery

Paul Briggs with (l-r), Lisa Keene, Brittney Lee, and Jeff Ranjo at Frozen book signing in January 2014.

Paul Briggs at the premiere of Big Hero 6 in November 2014.

Paul Briggs attending the 2019 D23 Expo.

Paul Briggs speaks onstage at the 2019 D23 Expo.

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1920s—1970s Disney's Nine Old Men: Milt Kahl • Frank Thomas • Ollie Johnston • Les Clark • John Lounsbery • Marc Davis • Ward Kimball • Eric Larson • Wolfgang Reitherman Animators: Bill Tytla • Art Babbitt • Lee Blair • Preston Blair • Fred Moore • Shamus Culhane • Cy Young • Don Lusk • Norman Ferguson • Hal King • Jack Hannah • Dick Kinney • Hal Ambro • Ken O'Brien • Judge Whitaker • Bill Justice • Don Bluth • Gary Goldman • Charles A. Nichols • Blaine Gibson • John Ewing • Walt Stanchfield • Fred Hellmich • Amby Paliwoda • Wilfred Jackson • Xavier Atencio • Ben Sharpsteen • Earl Hurd • Dale Oliver • Eric Cleworth • David Hand • Fred Spencer • Julius Svendsen • Ed Benedict • Kenneth Muse • Rudolf Ising • Hugh Harman • Friz Freleng • Walt Kelly • Leo Salkin • John Dehner Visual Development, Layout, Background Artists and Character Designers: Gustaf Tenggren • Mary Blair • Marjorie Ralston • Lillian Bounds • Joe Grant • Mel Shaw • Claude Coats • Don DaGradi • John Hench • Eyvind Earle • Ken O'Connor • Thor Putnam • Albert Hurter • John Hubley • Herbert Ryman • Don Griffith • Basil Davidovich • Jack Boyd • Peter Ellenshaw • Ruthie Tompson • Earl Duvall Storyboard Artists and Writers: Bill Peet • Ralph Wright • Dick Huemer • Floyd Norman • Yale Gracey • Ted Sears • Erdman Penner • Joe Rinaldi • Winston Hibler • Otto Englander • William Cottrell • Bill Berg • Al Bertino • T. Hee • Homer Brightman • Ted Osbourne • Larry Clemmons • Harry Reeves • Jesse Marsh Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Jack Kinney • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • Nathan Greno • George Scribner • Riley Thomson • Dick Lundy • Jack King • Burt Gillett Producers: Walt Disney • Ron Miller • Ken Anderson • Don Duckwall • Perce Pearce • Margaret J. Winkler 1980s—Present Renaissance Directors: Rob Minkoff • Roger Allers • Gary Trousdale • Kirk Wise • Chris Sanders • Mark Dindal • John Musker Story Trust Directors: Ron Clements • Chris Buck • Byron Howard • Don Hall • Chris Williams • Rich Moore • Stephen J. Anderson Producers: Peter Del Vecho • Clark Spencer • Roy Conli • Dorothy McKim • Don Hahn Chief Creative Officer: Jennifer Lee Associated Figures: Bob Iger • Roy Edward Disney • Michael Eisner • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Jeffrey Katzenberg • Bob Chapek Signature Voice Actors: Jim Cummings • Alan Tudyk • Katie Lowes • John DiMaggio • Maurice LaMarche • Jodi Benson • David Ogden Stiers • Jesse Corti • Paul Briggs • Raymond S. Persi • Phil Johnston • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Brian Cummings Signature Musicians: Robert B. Sherman • Richard M. Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Phil Collins • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman • Danny Troob Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Alex Kupershmidt • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • John Pomeroy • Randy Haycock • Dale Baer • T. Daniel Hofstedt • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Anthony DeRosa • Russ Edmonds • Michael Surrey • Bruce W.Smith • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo • Randy Cartwright Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Lisa Keene • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Cory Loftis