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Returning to [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]], he began work on ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986) as an assistant animator, but eventually joined the story department, where he was reunited with former [[CalArts]] classmate, [[Gary Trousdale]]. |
Returning to [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]], he began work on ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986) as an assistant animator, but eventually joined the story department, where he was reunited with former [[CalArts]] classmate, [[Gary Trousdale]]. |
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After working as storyboard artists on ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' |
After working as storyboard artists on ''[[Oliver & Company]]'', ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'', ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' and ''[[The Lion King]]''. Wise was an executive producer on ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]''. Wise and Trousdale were responsible for helming the celebrated ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991), the first animated feature to be nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. |
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Kirk Wise | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Film director, animator, screenwriter, producer |
Years active | 1985–present |
Kirk Wise (born August 24, 1963) is an American film director, animator and screenwriter best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Wise has directed Disney animated films such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He also directed the English-language translation of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. He frequently works with Gary Trousdale and Don Hahn.
Career
Wise graduated from Palo Alto High School and went on to study character animation at California Institute of the Arts. Early in his career, Wise worked as an animator on Disney's Sport Goofy in Soccermania (1987), The Great Mouse Detective (1986) and The Brave Little Toaster (1987), as well as Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories episode "Family Dog".
Returning to Walt Disney Feature Animation, he began work on The Great Mouse Detective (1986) as an assistant animator, but eventually joined the story department, where he was reunited with former CalArts classmate, Gary Trousdale.
After working as storyboard artists on Oliver & Company, The Rescuers Down Under, The Prince and the Pauper and The Lion King. Wise was an executive producer on Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. Wise and Trousdale were responsible for helming the celebrated Beauty and the Beast (1991), the first animated feature to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Filmography
Title | Year | Role |
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The Great Mouse Detective | 1986 | Assistant animator |
Amazing Stories | 1987 | Principal animator (1 episode) |
Sport Goofy in Soccermania | Animator | |
The Brave Little Toaster | Animation director (development) | |
Oliver & Company | 1988 | Writer, animating assistant |
Cranium Command | 1989 | Voice of Hypothalamus, opening sequence director |
The Rescuers Down Under | 1990 | Storyboard artist |
The Prince and the Pauper | ||
Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Director, creative consultant (uncredited) |
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | 1993 | Executive producer |
The Lion King | 1994 | Additional story material |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | Director |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2001 | Director, story |
Spirited Away | 2002 | Director, ADR Director (U.S. production) |
Open Season | 2006 | Special thanks |
Oceans | 2009 | Executive Producer: Disneynature |
Waking Sleeping Beauty | Himself, caricaturist | |
2012 Disney History Connections: Colonial America | 2012 | Director (short) |
Chimpanzee | Creative consultant | |
Aldabra: Once Upon an Island | 2015 | |
Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | |
Bobbleheads: The Movie | 2020 | Director |
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | 2022 | Additional voices |
Galaxy Gas[1][2] | TBA |
Collaborations
Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise have cast certain actors in more than one of their films.
References
- ^ "Tab Murphy - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ Alex Dudok De Wit (April 3, 2020). "See The Sizzle Reel For 'Galaxy Gas,' A 2D Feature By Disney All-Stars That Never Made It To Screen (Exclusive)". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
External links
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Animators from California
- American storyboard artists
- American animated film directors
- American animated film producers
- Animation screenwriters
- California Institute of the Arts alumni
- Walt Disney Animation Studios people
- Film directors from San Francisco
- Palo Alto High School alumni
- American voice directors
- American film director stubs