Beauty and the Beast
1991
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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 .
- 1985–present
- August 24, 1963 (age 60), San Francisco, California
Kirk Wise is a director who has worked on several Disney animated features, such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Spirited Away. He was born in 1963 in San Francisco, California, and has won three awards and received three nominations for his work.
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- Director, Art Department, Additional Crew
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Kirk Wise
May 14, 2024 · KIRK WISE. Hailing from San Francisco, Wise started drawing at an early age. When he was seven he earned recognition for his artistic ability when he won a Junior Art Champion contest. The drawing ...
Aug 11, 2020 · Watch an hour-long chat with the directors of Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis, who share their stories and insights on making animated movies. Learn about their beginnings, challenges, collaborations and more in this exclusive interview.
- 54 min
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".
Jun 21, 2021 · Kirk Wise: [Songwriters] Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty had a pitch called Song of the Sea, a loose retelling of the Orpheus myth with humpback whales. I thought it was very strong.
Mar 23, 2022 · At a 1991 story meeting (from left), Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg was joined by Disney vice chairman Roy E. Disney, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ co-director Kirk Wise, producer Don ...
