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Brenda Chapman

American animator, storyboard artist, and director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1962 · age 64

Brenda Chapman is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and director. In 1998, she became the first woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio, DreamWorks Animation's The Prince of Egypt.

Brenda Chapman is read about 149 times a day, in 24 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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2021Toon In with MeSeries2020Come AwayFilm, Director2019This Changes EverythingFilm2018Half the PictureFilmThe Animagic World of Rankin/BassFilm, 20182015Strange MagicFilm, Imp (voice)2013Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureAward2012BraveFilm, Director, Writer2010Waking Sleeping BeautyFilm2009UpFilm, Additional Voices (voice)1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to ScreenFilm1998The Prince of EgyptFilm, Director1991Beauty and the BeastFilm, Writer1987A BirthdayFilm, Director, Writer1962Born1 November 1962

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  • Up 2009
  • Beauty and the Beast 1991
  • Strange Magic 2015
  • The Prince of Egypt 1998
  • Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010

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Filmography 14

27 credits on file

Television 1

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature2013
Annie Award

About this person

In 2012, she directed the Disney/Pixar film Brave with Mark Andrews, becoming the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1962 · age 64

In the same film or series as Brenda

Elijah KelleyAlso in Strange Magic (2015)Brian Stokes MitchellAlso in The Prince of Egypt (1998)Ned DennehyAlso in Come Away (2020)Steven CreeAlso in Brave (2012)Bradley PierceAlso in Beauty and the Beast (1991)Josh CooleyAlso in Up (2009)