Claudio Biern Boyd

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Biern and the second or maternal family name is Boyd.

Claudio Biern Boyd (21 November 1940 – 17 October 2022) was a Spanish television writer, director, producer and founder of the Spanish animation studio BRB Internacional.^[1][2] He created the television shows The World of David the Gnome and Gladiator Academy, among other projects.^[3][4]

Claudio Biern Boyd
Born	(1940-11-21)21 November 1940 Palma, Majorca, Spain
Died	17 October 2022(2022-10-17) (aged 81)
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Animator

Life and career

Throughout his professional career, Boyd received more than forty awards, among which are the Extraordinary Talent Award of the Academia de Televisión in 2017, Best Communicator with Children Award of the Festival Internacional de Comunicación Infantil El Chupete in 2014, Biznaga de Oro 2012 awarded by the Málaga Film Festival in 2012, Medalla al Trabajo President Macià Generalitat de Catalunya in 2011, the European Tribute of Honor award given by Cartoon Forum in 2007 or the Bronze Medal of the New York International Film and Television Festival for the series Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds in 1982.

Boyd later chaired his companies, BRB Internacional and Apolo Films.^[5] He also ran as a candidate for the presidency of the football club RCD Espanyol, although he did not obtain the necessary votes to win.^[6]

Boyd died on 17 October 2022, at the age of 81.^[7]

Filmography

TV shows

• A Thousand and One... Americas
• Around the World with Willy Fog
• Willy Fog 2
• Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
• The Return of Dogtanian
• The Mozart Band
• Football Stories
• Fantaghirò
• The Gnomes' Great Adventure
• The World of David the Gnome
• Wisdom of the Gnomes
• Ruy, the Little Cid
• Vicky & Johnny
• The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse
• Yolanda:The Secret of the Black Rose
• Gladiator Academy

Films

• The Monstrous Adventures of Zipi and Zape
• The Princess and the Pirate: Sandokan the TV Movie
• Fantaghiro: Quest for the Quorum

References

1. "'I bought two dog encyclopedias': how we made Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds". the Guardian. 5 July 2021.
2. "Claudio Biern Boyd: "El problema es la productividad, no el coste del contrato"". elEconomista.es. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "Animayo - CLAUDIO BIERN BOYD". www.animayo.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
4. Lang, Jamie (18 October 2022). "Claudio Biern Boyd, Creator Of 'David The Gnome,' 'Dogtanian,' Dies At 81". Cartoon Brew.
5. "Muere a los 82 años Claudio Biern, el Walt Disney español". abc. 17 October 2022.
6. "Claudio Biern, ex directivo del Espanyol, muere a los 82 años de edad". 17 October 2022.
7. "L'Espanyol plora la mort de Claudio Biern Boyd". ARA. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

External links

• Claudio Biern Boyd at IMDb