Brian Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. An anthropomorphic dog, voiced by Seth MacFarlane, he is one of the show's main characters and a member of the Griffin family. He primarily works in the series as a struggling writer, attempting essays, novels, screenplays and newspaper articles.He first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Brian was created and designed by MacFarlane himself. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company, based on The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve, two shorts made by MacFarlane which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, the Griffin family appeared on the episode "Death Has a Shadow". Brian's appearance is a redesign of Steve the dog, from MacFarlane's previous show.Brian has been featured in many items of merchandise for Family Guy and he is considered to be one of the show's biggest merchandising icons. He has also made crossover appearances in the other MacFarlane-produced shows; American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. As a character, Brian has been very well received by critics and fans. When Brian was killed in the Season 12 episode, "Life of Brian", the events of the episode received substantial attention from the media, and elicited strongly negative reactions from fans of the show. Brian subsequently returned two episodes later, in "Christmas Guy", after Stewie travels back in time to save him.
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As a photographer in the 1980s, he was responsible for shooting the sleeves for several of Depeche Mode's albums inluding 'Speak and Spell' (1981), 'A Broken Frame' (1982), 'Construction Time Again' (1983), 'Some Great Reward' (1984), 'People Are People' (1985), and 'Black Celebration' (1986).
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His photograph, 'A Broken Frame,' commissioned originally for the cover of Depeche Mode's second album, was named one of Life Magazines' 'Worlds Greatest Pictures 1980 - 1990' (special issue, Winter 1990). The photo was featured on the front cover of the magazine.
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 6th Day
2000
technical production manager: VCE
Lake Placid
1999
digital supervisor: VCE
Idle Hands
1999
digital supervisor: VCE
Starship Troopers
1997
digital supervisor: Visual Concept Entertainment
Men in Black
1997
digital supervisor - uncredited
Panic in the Skies!
1996
TV Movie digital supervisor: VCE
Bogus
1996
digital supervisor: VCEinc
Courage Under Fire
1996
digital supervisor: VCE
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
1996
digital supervisor
Nixon
1995
digital supervisor
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995
Video documentary digital supervisor
The Shadow
1994
digital supervisor
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Lost Kingdom