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Kirk Wise
Highest Rated: 93% Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Lowest Rated: 49% Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
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. With co-director Gary Trousdale, he was responsible for helming the celebrated "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), the first animated feature to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Wise began laying the groundwork for his adult successes as a youngster, earning his first paycheck for drawing at age seven after his mother submitted his sketch of a garbage man and his truck to the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE's "Junior Art Champion" Contest. Winning praise, a check and a commendation from the local sanitation department spurred his creativity.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 24% | Bobbleheads: The Movie | Director | - | 2020 |
| 49% | 54% | Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
Director, Writer |
- | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
Director, Writer |
- | 2001 |
| 71% | 70% | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Director | $100.1M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Director | - | 1996 |
| 87% | 71% | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Executive Producer | $41.6M | 1993 |
| 93% | 92% | Beauty and the Beast | Director | $219.0M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beauty and the Beast | Director | - | 1991 |