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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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Personal Details

• Born: 1963-08-24 in San Francisco, California, USA
• Known For: Directing

Kirk Wise Movies List

Looking for Kirk Wise movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
• Howard (2018)
• The Sweatbox (2002)
• The Art of 'Spirited Away' (2003)
• The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (2002)
• Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast (2010)

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