Biography
Simon Finlay Wells (born 1961) is an English film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great-grandson of author H. G. Wells, and is best known for directing The Prince of Egypt with Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Wells, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ultraman: Rising
2024
Additional Storyboarding
A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Tokyo from giant monsters as he becomes a legendary he...

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Story Artist
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will t...

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022
Story Artist
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one li...

The Croods: A New Age
2020
Storyboard Artist
Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they ...

Mercs
2015
Director
Mercs is an action-packed comedy-drama set in the high-stakes world of underground gambling and street fighting. A diverse group gathers at an illegal...

Balto - The Hero From Alaska
2011
as Self
Norwegian documentary. The Norwegian owned dog Balto became a great hero and Hollywood star after bringing medicine and saving lives in the town of No...

Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
Story
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms wit...

Mars Needs Moms
2011
Screenplay, Director
When Martians suddenly abduct his mom, mischievous Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so special.

Over the Hedge
2006
Storyboard Artist
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that poppe...

The World's First Time Machine
2003
Time travel is one of mankind's favorite fantasies. But what if it were possible to build a real time machine? To travel into the future, or the past?...

The Time Machine
2002
Director
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two...

Chicken Run
2000
Storyboard
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly!...

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self
The making of The Prince of Egypt (1998).

The Prince of Egypt
1998
Director
The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.

Balto
1995
Director
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Director
Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to th...

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
Director
Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eage...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Supervising Animator
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her....