
Kirk Wise
Known for Directing · 7 credits
- Born
- 1963-08-24 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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

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

The Sweatbox
2002
as Self

Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Art of 'Spirited Away'
2003
as Himself

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010
as Self
Movies (7)

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

The Sweatbox
2002
as Self

Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Art of 'Spirited Away'
2003
as Himself

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010
as Self

The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
2002
as Self - Director
About Kirk Wise
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 Cal… With 7 credits spanning from 2002 to 2022, Kirk Wise has appeared in 7 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kirk Wise Movies
- Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) — as Additional Voices (voice)
- The Sweatbox (2002) — as Self
- Howard (2018) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Art of 'Spirited Away' (2003) — as Himself
- Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) — as Self
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