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Kirk Wise

Director, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn August 24, 1963 (62 years)
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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.

Wise also directed the English dubb of Hayo Miyazaki's Spirited Away.

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Known For

  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire
  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
  • Bobbleheads: The Movie

Kirk Wise Filmography

2008
Oceans · as Executive Producer
1993

2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank · as Additional Voices (voice)

2018
Howard · as Self (archive Footage)
2009
2003
2002
2002
The Sweatbox · as Self
1967
Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self

2001
1994
The Lion King · as Additional Story Material
1988
Oliver & Company · as Story
1985
Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Animation

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