Paul Briggs

Paul Briggs (born December 17‚ 1974) is an American animator and voice actor. He is best known for working for the Walt Disney Animation Studios as a head of story on films such as Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia and Raya and the Last Dragon.

Early life Briggs was born on December 17, 1974, in San Antonio, Texas, and went to Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.

Career Briggs started his career by an internship at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1996 and worked on the animated film Hercules as a visual effects artist. He also voiced the character Marshmallow.

In 2014, Briggs again worked as the storyboard supervisor on the animated film Big Hero 6, which released on November 7, 2014. On August 24, 2019, at D23 Expo this information was confirmed, now titled Raya and the Last Dragon, to be released on November 25, 2020. The date was later changed to March 12, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, Disney announced that Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada replaced Briggs and Wellins as directors on the film, with Briggs and Wellins demoted to co-directors.

Filmography

Feature films YearFilmCredited asDirectorStory WriterHeadofStoryStoryArtistVisualEffectsAnimatorOtherVoice RoleNotes 1991 Beauty and the Beast The Special Edition, 2002 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1997 Hercules Effects in-between-er 1998 Mulan Winnie the Pooh Additional Story Material 2013 Frozen Marshmallow Studio and Creative Leadership Encanto

Short films YearFilmCredited asStory WriterStoryArtistOtherVoice RoleNotes 2011 Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice TV special 2013 Get a Horse! Additional Voices 2015 Frozen Fever Marshmallow

Television Year TitlePropDesignerVoiceActor Voice Role Notes 2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2 episodes Duck Dodgers 2017–21 Big Hero 6: The Series Yama 9 episodes

Video games Year Title Voice Role 2019 Kingdom Hearts III Marshmallow

Documentaries Year Title Role 2020 Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II Himself

Other Credits Year Title Credit 2016 Born in China Special Thanks 2025 In Your Dreams Special Thanks

Accolades For his work on Raya and the Last Dragon, he was nominated at the 2021 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards for Best Animated Feature.