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DreamWorks Animation (2003–2019) Gary Trousdale is an American animator, film director, screenwriter and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing films such as Beauty and the Beast (1991), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). He frequently works with Kirk Wise and Don Hahn .
Gary Trousdale was born in La Crescenta, California. His fascination with animation was fostered as a child, where he drew cartoons from an elementary school age. He planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in 1982 to design storyboards and do other animation.
- January 1, 1
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- La Crescenta, California, USA
Gary Trousdale. Director: The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Gary Trousdale was born in La Crescenta, California. His fascination with animation was fostered as a child, where he drew cartoons from an elementary school age. He planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in 1982 to design storyboards and do other ...
- June 8, 1960
Director. Cranium Command 1989. Beauty and the Beast 1991. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996. Atlantis the Lost Empire 2001. The Madagascar Penguins is a Christmas Caper - 2005. Shrek the Halls 2007. Scared Shrekless 2010. Thriller Night 2011.
- They Met at CalArts. “Gary and I actually met at CalArts in my first year, that would’ve been 1981,” Kirk Wise shared. “We didn’t cross paths again until I was at Disney….
- Their Directorial Debut… At Epcot. Surprisingly Walt Disney Imagineering doesn’t often collaborate with Walt Disney Animation Studios. For the Epcot attraction Cranium Command, WDI outsourced the pre-show animation to another studio and was very unhappy with the result.
- They Felt Thrown into the Deep End on Beauty and the Beast. While developing a project called “Goofy of the Apes,” described as “Goofy as Tarzan,” Kirk and Gary received a call asking if they could drop what they were doing and fly to New York to take over directorial duties on Beauty and the Beast, which was being retooled after over a year in development with another director.
- Howard Ashman Changed Disney Animation. “If you had to point to one person responsible for the Disney renaissance, I would say it was Howard,” Kirk Wise shared when talking about the late lyricist who worked with them on Beauty and the Beast.
Apr 29, 2020 · Gary Trousdale is a California native and has been a member of the animated film industry since 1984, after studying at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Starting in the industry at the Walt Disney Feature Animation FX department on The Black Cauldron (1985) as an FX assistant, he was told the job would be just a six-month gig.
