Kirk Wise
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 24, 1963, San Francisco, California, USA
- Movies
- 13
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Kirk Wise is an American animator, director and producer known for his work at Disney
Wise graduated from Palo Alto High School and went on to study character animation at California Institute of the Arts. Wise worked as an animator on The Brave Little Toaster, and Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories episode "Family Dog". At Disney, he began as an assistant animator on The Great Mouse Detective and Oliver & Company before eventually landing in the story department, where he was reunited with former CalArts classmate Gary Trousdale. After working as storyboard artists on The Rescuers Down Under and The Prince and the Pauper, 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. They collaborated on two more features for Disney, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Upcoming Kirk Wise Movies
X Factor in the Jungle
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Beauty and the Beast
1991
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010
Howard
2018
The Sweatbox
2002
Bobbleheads: The Movie
2020
The Art of 'Spirited Away'
2003
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
2002
Filmography
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2018 | Howard | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast | Self |
| 2010 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self |
| 2003 | The Art of 'Spirited Away' | Self |
| 2002 | The Sweatbox | Self |
| 2002 | The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' | Self - Director |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2020 | Bobbleheads: The Movie | Director |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Director |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Director |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Director |
| 1984 | Child Proof | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Paws | Director |
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