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Sergio Pablos is a Spanish animator, director and screenwriter. While at the helm of his company (The SPA Studios), Pablos developed several concepts for animated feature films, most notably the original ideas upon which Despicable Me (Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment in 2010) and Smallfoot (produced by the Warner Animation Group in 2018) were based.

Sergio Pablos
Born	Madrid, Spain
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation	Animator film director screenwriter
Years active	1993–present
Notable work	Despicable Me franchise (creator) Smallfoot (creator) Klaus
Spouse	Marisa Roman
Children	2
Website	thespastudios.com

Most recently, the SPA Studios has produced Netflix's first original animated feature film, Klaus, written and directed by Pablos.

Early life

Sergio Pablos is from Barcelona. After working as a key animator on Once Upon a Forest (1993), he moved to Paris, France, to pursue a career opportunity at Walt Disney Animation Studios where he worked on The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Hercules (1997). Pablos was then promoted to a Supervising Animator position at Disney Feature Animation in Burbank, handling the character of Tantor the elephant on Tarzan (1999), and Dr. Doppler on Treasure Planet (2002), the latter of which garnered him a nomination for Best Character Animation at the Annie Awards.

Career

Pablos' first job in animation with Disney Studios in Paris was as a character designer on A Goofy Movie (1995). From that connection he moved to Walt Disney Animation Studios and began learning the ropes, working as animator or contributing to character designs on several major 2D animation productions, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame (character of Frollo), Hercules (character of Hades), Tarzan (character of Tantor the elephant), and Treasure Planet (character of Doctor Doppler). He was nominated for an Annie Award for his work on Treasure Planet.[1] Subsequent to his departure from Disney, he was hired as character design supervisor on Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild for Columbia.[2]

After several more years working in animation production, Pablos created the Despicable Me franchise based on his original screen story Evil Me and his own art design. He took the package unsolicited to Universal Pictures where he became the first of several screenwriters on the project as well as executive producer. In 2010, Despicable Me—starring Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, and Julie Andrews—was a box office success, received a Golden Globe nomination, and became one of animation's highest-grossing movies. Pablos continued work as a character designer on another animated feature, Rio for 20th Century Fox, which was released the following year. He received his second Annie Award nomination for Rio.[1] After the release of Despicable Me 2 in 2013, theatrical markets (worldwide box office) and ancillary markets (home media, cable, merchandising, books, video games, TV series, theme parks, etc.), pushed franchise total revenues to over ten figures.[3][4][5] He was the writer for the film Warner Animation Group's Smallfoot. He then formed Sergio Pablos Animation Studios in Madrid, Spain, where he made his directorial debut with Klaus.

Personal life

Pablos shares his time between the U.S. and Spain where he is CEO and Creative Director of The SPA Studios in Madrid.[3]

Filmography

Filmmaking credits

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2010	Despicable Me	No	Story	Executive
2018	Smallfoot	No	Book	Executive	Based on the unpublished book Yeti Tracks
2019	Klaus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Voice roles: Pumpkin / Olaf; directorial debut
2023	Ember	Yes	Yes	Yes

Animation credits

Year	Title	Credites as	Notes
1993	Once Upon A Forest	Key animator: Lápiz Azul Animación
1995	Operavox	Key animator in episode "Rhinegold"	Television series
	A Goofy Movie	Animator: "Paris" / character designer
	Runaway Brain	Animator	Short
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Animator: "Frollo"
1997	Hercules	Animator: "Hades"
1999	Tarzan	Character designer / visual development artist/ supervising animator: "Tantor"
2002	Treasure Planet	Supervising animator: "Doctor Doppler"
2005	Tarzan II	Character designer	Direct-to-video
	Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild	Character design supervisor
2006	Asterix and the Vikings	Animation director: Animagic
	The Fox and the Hound 2	Character design supervisor: Animagic Films	Direct-to-video
2007	Nocturna	Animation supervisor: Animagic
2009	Alma	Character designer	Short
2011	Rio	Character designer
2013	Underdogs	Animation advisor
2017	Ferdinand	Character designer
2018	La Noria	Additional character designe	Short

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2003	Annie Awards	Best Character Animation	Treasure Planet for "Dr. Delbert Doppler"	Nominated
2012		Best Character Design in a Feature Production	Rio	Nominated
2020	Academy Awards	Best Animated Feature	Klaus	Nominated
	Annie Awards	Best Animated Feature		Won
		Best Directing in a Feature Production		Won
		Best Storyboarding in a Feature Production		Won
	BAFTA Awards	Best Animated Film		Won
	Goya	Best Animated Film		Nominated
	Humanitas Prize	Best Family Feature		Nominated
	Quirino Awards	Best Feature		Nominated

References

External links

• Sergio Pablos at Internet Movie Database

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Sergio Pablos (Madrid, 1970)[1] es un animador y guionista español conocido fundamentalmente por ser el creador de películas como Despicable Me (titulada Gru: mi villano favorito en España y Mi villano favorito en Hispanoamérica) para Universal Pictures y Smallfoot producida por Warner Animation Group. Su más reciente trabajo ha sido crear, producir y dirigir desde su propio estudio de animación (The SPA Studios) la primera película de animación original de Netflix, Klaus. Pablos se convirtió en el tercer creador solitario de una franquicia de películas de animación capaz de generar más de mil millones de dólares tanto por sus ventas en cines como en los mercados auxiliares después de una sola secuela.

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