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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.
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 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
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Kirk Wise is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, and producer, 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 (alongside Gary Trousdale). He also directed the English-language translation of Hay...
Wise graduated from Palo Alto High School and went on to study character animation at California Institute of the Arts. Early in his career, Wise worked as an animator on Disney's Sport Goofy in Soccermania (1987), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), and The Brave Little Toaster (1987), as well as Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories episode "Family Dog".
Returning to Walt Disney Feature Animation, he began work on The Great Mouse Detective (1986) as an assistant animator, but eventually joined the story department, where he was reunited with former CalArts classmate, Gary Trousdale.
Aug 11, 2020 · Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, directors of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis, discuss their career.
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Kirk Wise is an American animator, director and producer known for his work at Disney. He co-directed Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and also directed the English dub of Spirited Away.
Birthday: Aug 24, 1963. Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA. Becoming a Disney animator would appear to have been the fulfillment of a childhood dream for ace animation director Kirk Wise.
2 days ago · 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...
