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. Director: Beauty and the Beast. Kirk Wise was born on 24 August 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a director, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Spirited Away (2001) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).
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Aug 11, 2020 · Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale are genuine animation legends. Their first film as directors, Beauty and the Beast, was a runaway smash and the first animated feature to be nominated for the Best ...
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Apr 20, 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 ...
- 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.
Learn about Kirk Wise, an American animator, director and producer who worked on Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and more. Find out his biography, filmography, awards, and media appearances on TMDB.
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 ...
