Fabrice Joubert

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

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. 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 “

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

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

In 2025, he co-directed with Alain Chabat the animated mini-series Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight for Netflix.

Filmography Film and TV 1998: The Prince of Egypt – animator 2000: The Road to El Dorado – animator 2002: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – CG character animator 2003: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas – supervising animator 2004: Shark Tale – supervising animator 2005: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – stop-motion animator 2006: Flushed Away – supervising animator 2008: French Roast – writer and director 2010: Despicable Me – character animation lead 2011: A Monster in Paris – animation director 2012: The Lorax – lead animator 2013: Despicable Me 2 – story artist 2013: Panic in the Mailroom – director 2015: Minions – animator (uncredited) 2015: Binky Nelson Unpacified – director 2019: Safety – director, writer, producer and visual effects 2022: Animal Attraction – co-director 2024: That Christmas – story artist 2025: Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight – co-director