Brave (2012)
Brave is a 2012 American computer-animated fantasy
film produced by Pixar
Animation Studios and released by Walt
Disney Pictures. It was directed by Mark
Andrews and Brenda Chapman and co-directed by Steve Purcell. The story is by Chapman, with the screenplay by
Andrews, Purcell, Chapman and Irene Mecchi. The film was produced by Katherine
Sarafian, with John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Pete Docter as executive producers. The film's voice cast
features Kelly Macdonald, Billy
Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin
McKidd, and Craig Ferguson. Set in the Scottish Highlands, the film tells the story of a princess named Merida who defies an age-old custom, causing chaos in the
kingdom by expressing the desire not to be betrothed. Merida is the first, and
currently, only Disney Princess created
by Pixar. The film is also dedicated to Steve Jobs, who died before the film's release.
