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Didier Brunner is a Producer French born on 1948 at Neuilly-sur-Seine (France)

Didier Brunner

Didier Brunner
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Nationality France
Birth 1948 (77 years) at Neuilly-sur-Seine (France)
Creator of Les Armateurs
Awards Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres‎

Didier Brunner est un producteur de films français, né le 6 mars 1948 à Neuilly-sur-Seine. Il est le fondateur de la société de production d'animation Les Armateurs et le co-fondateur de la société Folivari.

Biography

Didier Brunner mène des études d'histoire jusqu'à une maîtrise en histoire à l'université ; il étudie également à l'Institut d'études théâtrales. Il commence à travailler dans le domaine du cinéma en tant qu'assistant réalisateur, puis réalisateur de films documentaires destinés à la télévision scolaire. Il se tourne ensuite vers la production, puis vers le domaine de l'animation.

En 1987, Didier Brunner crée la société Trans-Europe Film avec laquelle il produit entre autres la série Des Chats, adaptée de l'œuvre de l'artiste Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, puis Teletoon un magazine sur l'animation et en 1991 le téléfilm animé Les contes de la nuit de Michel Ocelot. En 1994, Didier Brunner quitte Trans Europe Film et fonde Les Armateurs. Il produit le court métrage La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons de Sylvain Chomet, nominé aux Oscar puis, en 1998, son premier long métrage d'animation, Kirikou et la Sorcière, réalisé par Michel Ocelot, considéré comme le film qui relance l'animation française. Il produit en 2003, Les Triplettes de Belleville de Sylvain Chomet, Brendan et le secret de Kells, de Tomm Moore, en 2009 et Ernest et Célestine en 2012 (César du meilleur film d'animation), tous trois nominés aux Oscar.

Il fonde en 2014 une nouvelle société de production, Folivari, avec ses deux enfants (Damien et Pauline), Emmanuel Delétang et Thibaut Ruby.

Le 31 janvier 2015, Didier Brunner reçoit le Winsor McCay Award pour l'ensemble de sa carrière.

Best films

The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
(Producer)
Ernest & Celestine (2012)
(Producer)
The Secret of Kells (2009)
(Producer)
Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012)
(Producer)
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
(Executive Producer)
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
(Producer)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Didier Brunner (17 films)

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Producer

My Family and the Wolf, 1h20
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Actors Carmen Maura, Pierre Rochefort, Bruno Salomone, Tatiana Gousseff, Franc Bruneau, Antoine Schoumsky
Roles Producer
Rating55% 2.776142.776142.776142.776142.77614
C’est l’été. Hugo, un petit garçon de neuf ans, va passer l’été dans la maison du bord de mer où son père a grandi.
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, 1h20
Directed by Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Théâtre, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Films about pigs, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Wolves in film, Films about birds, Films about foxes, Mise en scène d'un canard, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Boris Rehlinger, Guillaume Bouchède, Céline Ronté, Damien Witecka, Antoine Schoumsky, Bernard Larmande
Roles Producer
Rating74% 3.707073.707073.707073.707073.70707
Le film est constitué de trois histoires courtes, qui se déroulent au moins en partie dans une même ferme et ont en commun certains personnages. Les différents segments sont reliés entre eux par des scènes de transition qui ont lieu sur une scène de théâtre, où un renard s'adresse au public pour présenter les différentes pièces que la troupe d'animaux va interpréter.
Ernest & Celestine, 1h20
Directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about racism, Mise en scène d'un ours, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Lambert Wilson, Patrice Melennec, Forest Whitaker, Brigitte Virtudes, Mackenzie Foy, Dominique Collignon-Maurin
Roles Producer
Rating77% 3.8992653.8992653.8992653.8992653.899265
Celestine is a young mouse who lives in the underground world of rodents. At the orphanage where she lives, the caretaker known as the Gray One tells scary stories about the evil nature of the bears that live in the outside world, though Celestine doubts they are entirely true. She loves to draw but must soon study dentistry, since that's what all rodents do, and to prepare, she must travel above ground to collect bear cubs' lost teeth from underneath pillows. On one such occasion, the cub's family catches Celestine in the act and chase her into a trash can where she is trapped and spends the night. The next morning, a destitute and starving bear named Ernest discovers Celestine and attempts to eat her. Celestine convinces him to let her go by helping him break into the basement of a candy shop, where he can eat his fill. He is soon caught by the store's owner, however, and arrested. Celestine, who is behind on her quota of collected teeth, agrees to free him from the police wagon if he will help her break into and rob the teeth from the office of the store owner's wife, who happens to be a dentist.
Kirikou and the Men and Women, 1h28
Directed by Michel Ocelot
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films, Mythologie d'Afrique de l'Ouest
Actors Sabine Pakora, Pascal Nzonzi
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.2280353.2280353.2280353.2280353.228035
Sur le même principe que Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages, Kirikou et les Hommes et les Femmes regroupe cinq aventures de Kirikou enfant indépendantes les unes des autres et racontées par le grand-père de Kirikou. Ces aventures se déroulent pendant les événements de Kirikou et la Sorcière, au temps où le village est toujours terrorisé par la sorcière Karaba et ses fétiches animés. Tandis que Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages mettait en avant des animaux, Kirikou et les Hommes et les Femmes se concentre sur les relations des villageois entre eux ou avec les étrangers de passage.
The Storytelling Show, 1h17
Origin France
Genres Animation
Actors Éric Métayer, Élie Semoun, Fred Testot, Omar Sy, Virginie Hocq, André Chaumeau
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.0368353.0368353.0368353.0368353.036835
Deux enfants, Pierre et Jeanne, inscrivent leur père à un concours télévisé de papas conteurs. Terrifié, Laurent, le papa, va devoir redoubler d'imagination pour faire bonne figure à côté de ses concurrents impitoyables. Ils rencontreront plusieurs autres personnages...
Kill Me Please, 1h35
Directed by Olias Barco
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about euthanasia, Medical-themed films, Films about suicide
Actors Aurélien Recoing, Virginie Efira, Benoît Poelvoorde, Bouli Lanners, Philippe Nahon, Virgile Bramly
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.15293.15293.15293.15293.1529
Le docteur Kruger rêve de faire entrer « le suicide dans la modernité ». Il offre à ses patients le service d'une clinique où l'on peut mourir en toute tranquillité, un verre de champagne à la main. Mais dans la clinique de la « mort idéale », rien ne se passe comme prévu.
The Secret of Kells, 1h18
Directed by Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
Origin Belgique
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Children's films
Actors Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Dominique Collignon-Maurin, Paul Young, Féodor Atkine, Nora Twomey
Roles Producer
Rating74% 3.7487753.7487753.7487753.7487753.748775
Brendan, a young, curious, and idealistic boy living in the tightly knit community at the Monastery of Kells, is under the strict care of his stern uncle, Abbot Cellach. Cellach is obsessed with building a wall around the Abbey of Kells, in order to prevent Viking attacks.
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, 1h15
Directed by Michel Ocelot
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'une girafe, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Mythologie d'Afrique de l'Ouest, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Robert Liensol, Pascal Nzonzi, Marie-Philomène Nga, Emil Abossolo M'Bo, Gwenaël Sommier, Michel Elias
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2769153.2769153.2769153.2769153.276915
The film is a sub-story to Kirikou and the Sorceress rather than a straight sequel. The movie is set while Kirikou is still a child and Karaba is still a sorceress. Like Princes et princesses and Les Contes de la nuit, it is an anthology film comprising several episodic stories, each of them describing Kirikou's interactions with a different animals. It is however unique among Michel Ocelot's films, not only in that it is co-directed by Bénédicte Galup (who has previously worked with him as an animator) but also for each of the stories being written by a different person (in all other cases, Ocelot has been the sole writer and director of his films).
The Phantom Inventory, 9minutes
Directed by Franck Dion
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Animation
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.412593.412593.412593.412593.41259
L'huissier Soms se rend chez un vieil homme qui collectionne des souvenirs dont plus personne ne veut. Dans l'appartement vide et misérable, le fonctionnaire ouvre une porte dérobée et découvre un grenier gigantesque où sont entreposés des milliers d'objets. L'huissier entreprend alors un étrange inventaire.
The Triplets of Belleville, 1h18
Directed by Sylvain Chomet
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Sports films, Vieillesse, Cycling films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Matthieu Chedid, Suzy Falk, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin
Roles Producer
Rating76% 3.8473453.8473453.8473453.8473453.847345
The story focuses on Madame Souza, an elderly woman raising her young grandson, Champion. Souza notices her grandson is sad and lonely, hinted as due to the loss of his parents, so she first tries to get him interested in the piano. When this fails, she buys him a puppy named Bruno to cheer him up. Although he is initially happy, he quickly becomes melancholic once again. After discovering that Champion has a keen interest in road bicycle racing, because it is implied that Champion's deceased parents were bicyclists, she buys him a tricycle. Years later, Champion becomes a professional cyclist with Souza as his coach.
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
Directed by Jannik Hastrup
Origin France
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Mise en scène d'un ours, L'enfance marginalisée, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Benoît Allemane, Otto Brandenburg, Paprika Steen, Ariane Deviègue, Bernard Alane, Patrick Poivey
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.447273.447273.447273.447273.44727
Le film se déroule dans l'Arctique au début du XXI siècle. Un couple d'ours se prépare à la venue au monde de leur ourson en bavardant avec un corbeau maladroit. Par malheur, ils sont pris en chasse par une meute de loups, auxquels ils échappent après une poursuite mouvementée ; mais quelque temps après, l'ourse donne naissance à un ourson mort-né. Au même moment, l'épouse d'un chasseur inuit accouche d'un fils en pleine santé qu'ils nomment « Petit Ours ». Pendant ce temps, l'ourse est inconsolable après la mort de son petit. L'ours tente de la consoler par tous les moyens, puis, désespéré, erre sur la glace et arrive aux abords de la maison du chasseur au moment où celui-ci est absent. Il s'approche de la maison, aperçoit le nouveau-né et profite d'un moment où la mère a le dos tourné pour entrer dans la maison et s'emparer du petit. Malgré les efforts de la femme, il parvient à s'enfuir. Dès son retour, le chasseur se lance à la poursuite de l'ourse mais ne parvient pas à le rattraper.
Princes et Princesses, 1h10
Directed by Michel Ocelot
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films
Actors Yves Barsacq
Roles Producer
Rating75% 3.7971853.7971853.7971853.7971853.797185
It is said that somewhere, an enchanted princess lies captive in a secret palace – a palace you can be sure that you're getting close to if you find diamonds lying in the grass. But in order to free the princess from the curse placed upon her, one would have to find all one-hundred and eleven of the diamonds which make up her broken necklace. Many princes have attempted to break the spell, but all have disappeared without a trace.
Kirikou and the Sorceress, 1h11
Directed by Michel Ocelot
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films, Mythologie d'Afrique de l'Ouest
Actors Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Maimouna N'Diaye, Robert Liensol, William Nadylam, Sébastien Hébrant, Rémi Bichet
Roles Executive Producer
Rating74% 3.739943.739943.739943.739943.73994
In a little village somewhere in West Africa, a boy named Kirikou is born in a spectacular way. But he's not a normal boy, since he can speak and walk immediately after being born. He is also very determined. His mother tells him that an evil sorceress has dried up their spring and devoured all the males of the village except for one. Hence the tiny Kirikou decides to accompany the last warrior, his uncle, to visit the sorceress. Kirikou tricks the sorceress and saves his uncle, by waiting inside his uncle's hat, and pretending that it was magic. He saved the children from being kidnapped by the sorceress' boat, which sped off towards Karaba, and saved them later again from the sorceress' tree, which closed it branches, and once again sped off towards Karaba. Next, he bursts the monster who was drinking all the village's water. He then travels to ask his wise old grandfather about the sorceress, and faces many obstacles in the process. The grandfather finds that Kirikou is always asking questions, which is a good thing. The grandfather tells him that she is evil because she suffers: bad men put a poisoned thorn in her back. On the way to Karaba, Kirikou makes friends, who each in turn, give him presents, after he saves them from the skunk. Kirikou manages to trick the sorceress and removes the thorn, he also manages to take the gold, and return it to the rightful owners. The sorceress is cured. She kisses Kirikou and he becomes an adult. Love reigns. When they arrive back at the village, no one believes that the sorceress is cured, and only do they believe Kirikou, when a procession of drummers arrive. It turns out Karaba did not eat them, just turned them into watchmen, and other obedient objects.
The Old Lady and the Pigeons, 24minutes
Directed by Sylvain Chomet
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Vieillesse, Films about birds
Roles Executive producer
Rating77% 3.8921453.8921453.8921453.8921453.892145
An emaciated Parisian policeman discovers an old lady who feeds pigeons in the park excessively. After having a nightmare ending in giant pigeon-men pecking at his stomach, the policeman constructs a pigeon mask, which he wears to the old lady's home. She welcomes him inside and, despite his rude behavior, allows him to gorge himself. As weeks pass, the policeman grows increasingly fat. As he goes up flights of stairs to the woman's home each day, he passes a maid sweeping the floor.