Frederik Du Chau

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Frederik Du Chau
Born (1965-05-15) 15 May 1965 (age 58)
Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Film Director
Screenwriter
Animator
Years active1989–present

Frederik Du Chau (born 15 May 1965) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and animator.

Career

Du Chau attended the

Walt Disney Animation France and later as a freelance animator and directed several local commercials, combining live-action and animation.[1]

The selection of his student film, The Mystery of the Lamb (Het mysterie van het lam), for the Los Angeles Animation Celebration Conference brought him to

Universal
.

Du Chau's break as a director came when Sony offered him to co-direct a short film with

Sony Wonder. This was followed with a stint as a storyboard artist for Chuck Jones
where he learned everything he could about gags, timing and funny business from the master himself.

After a job as the animation director for Universal's

Warner Bros. Feature Animation department, where he sold two screenplays. He was attached to one of them as a director and was soon offered to direct the first animated feature for Warner Bros. Quest for Camelot
.

Du Chau wrote and sold a couple of screenplays with

Irish immigrants who fight over the love of one girl while building the Empire State Building. Another screenplay was titled Hong Kong Phooey, based on the popular cartoon and was sold to Alcon and Warner Bros. This led to the opportunity to write and direct Racing Stripes for Warner Bros.[2]

The moderate success of

James Belushi, Jason Lee and Amy Adams
. The film was extremely negatively received by critics.

He is currently attached to three different movies at several major studios[

Stereoscopic 3D
movie for which he also wrote the screenplay.

When not directing Du Chau draws and develops his own series of graphic novels Fish Out of Water. His graphic novel work was recently selected at the Festival d'Angouleme 2008 to be exhibited as one of the Unpublished Young talents.

He currently lives and works in San Francisco, California.

Filmography

Year Film Director Writer Animator
1989 The Smoggies Yes
Het mysterie van het lam Yes
1990–1991 TaleSpin Yes
1992 Tom and Jerry: The Movie Yes
1995 The Land Before Time 3 Yes
1998 Quest for Camelot Yes
2005 Racing Stripes Yes Yes
2007 Underdog Yes
2014 The Krostons Yes Yes

References

  1. ^ "Frederik du Chau – Filmbug".
  2. ^ "Frederik du Chau – Air Edel – Film Director".

External links

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