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 stor...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Additional Voices (voice)
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their vil...
Bobbleheads: The Movie
2020
Director
Get ready for a big shake-up when misfit bobbleheads take on trashy humans and a slobbery dog who crash their home with plans to swap a new baseball p...
Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely ...
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010
as Self
An interactive, feature-length behind-the-scenes documentary teeming with worthwhile bonus content all its own.
Oceans
2010
Executive Producer
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...
The Art of 'Spirited Away'
2003
as Himself
The people that brought the film Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (a.k.a. "Spirited Away") to the US explain how it was converted into English, wi...
The Sweatbox
2002
as Self
Trudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of 'Kingdom of the Sun'/'The Emperor's New Groove' as part of the deal that or...
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
2002
as Self - Director
A documentary about the making of the cult classic Disney Movie Atlantis.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
Director, Story
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
Director
Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris' strait-laced ...
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
Executive Producer
Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise g...
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Director
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the h...
Oliver & Company
1988
Story
A young cat named Oliver is left alone in a kitten box, while all the other young cats have new owners. A big dog named Dodger shows him how to get fo...
Child Proof
1984
Director, Writer, Animation
A sickly elephant father struggles to open a jar of aspirin.
Let's Misbehave
1983
Thanks
A bird chases and teases a worm to Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" as sung by Irving Aaronson.
Paws
1983
Director, Animation
A housecat attempts to eat what he doesn't suspect is a piranha.
X Factor in the Jungle
N/A
Director
A bunch of animals go into a colorful challenge of music for a big prize, but it will soon take an explosive turn.