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name: "Brian Kaufman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-kaufman"
roles: ["Director"]
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average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:01:33.056484+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brian Kaufman

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:**     Brian 'Buttchop' Kaufman
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3127362/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4655154

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rick and Morty*](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md) (78)

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## Biography

Brian Kaufman is an American animation director. He has directed episodes of the series *Rick and Morty* (2013), *Central Park* (2022) and *Good Times* (2024). Earlier in his career he directed the short films *A Flight Into Imagination* (2008), *A Rusted Heart* (2009), *Memories* (2010), *Solemates* (2013) and *Welcome to Showside* (2015).

Kaufman has fifteen years of experience in the animation industry. He began in animation and visual effects departments before moving into storyboarding and then directing. He has also contributed storyboards and animation to series including *Unikitty!*, *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* and *Star Trek: Prodigy*.

*Sources: imdb.com, boldjourney.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rick and Morty* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Good Times* (2024), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Right Now Kapow* (2016), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, Additional Storyboarding, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)

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