Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily Entertainment GuideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsCannes Film FestivalStar WarsAsian Pacific American Heritage MonthSummer Watch GuideSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Kirk Wise(I)

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Additional Crew
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Director Kirk Wise (right)
Kirk Wise was born on 24 August 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a director, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Spirited Away (2001) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
BornAugust 24, 1963
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
BornAugust 24, 1963
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

    Photos5

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster

    Known for

    Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    Beauty and the Beast
    8.0
    • Director
    • 1991
    Spirited Away (2001)
    Spirited Away
    8.6
    • Additional Crew(U.S. production)
    • 2001
    Kevin Kline, Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Frank Welker, and Mary Wickes in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1996
    Michael J. Fox, Leonard Nimoy, James Garner, John Mahoney, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Varney, Jacqueline Obradors, Steven Barr, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, Jim Cummings, Phil Morris, Don Novello, Patrick Pinney, Florence Stanley, Cree Summer, and Natalie Strom in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
    Atlantis: The Lost Empire
    6.9
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2001

    Credits

    Edit
    IMDbPro

    Director

    • Julian Sands, Brenda Song, Khary Payton, and Karen Fukuhara in Bobbleheads: The Movie (2020)
      Bobbleheads: The Movie
      2.3
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Disney History Connections: Colonial America (2012)
      Disney History Connections: Colonial America
      Video
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Michael J. Fox, Leonard Nimoy, James Garner, John Mahoney, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Varney, Jacqueline Obradors, Steven Barr, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, Jim Cummings, Phil Morris, Don Novello, Patrick Pinney, Florence Stanley, Cree Summer, and Natalie Strom in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
      Atlantis: The Lost Empire
      6.9
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2001
    • Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Viking Prologue (2001)
      Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Viking Prologue
      7.2
      Video
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Kevin Kline, Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Frank Welker, and Mary Wickes in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
      The Hunchback of Notre Dame
      7.0
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
      Beauty and the Beast
      8.0
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Cranium Command (1989)
      Cranium Command
      7.5
      Short
      • Director (opening sequence)
      • 1989

    Art Department

    • Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Kyliegh Curran in Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
      Ron's Gone Wrong
      7.1
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
      Waking Sleeping Beauty
      7.5
      • caricaturist
      • 2009
    • Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Cody Cameron, and Maddie Taylor in Open Season (2006)
      Open Season
      6.1
      • storyboard artist (uncredited)
      • 2006
    • Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, and Amanda Bynes in Robots (2005)
      Robots
      6.4
      • storyboard artist
      • 2005
    • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Ray Romano in Ice Age (2002)
      Ice Age
      7.5
      • storyboard artist
      • 2002
    • Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, Tristan Rogers, Adam Ryen, and Frank Welker in The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
      The Rescuers Down Under
      6.8
      • storyboard artist
      • 1990
    • Charlie Adler, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Arthur Burghardt, and Bill Farmer in The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
      The Prince and the Pauper
      7.1
      Short
      • storyboard artist
      • 1990
    • Bette Midler, Cheech Marin, Roscoe Lee Browne, Billy Joel, Joey Lawrence, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Richard Mulligan in Oliver & Company (1988)
      Oliver & Company
      6.6
      • story artist
      • 1988

    Additional Crew

    • Rita Moreno, Martin Short, David Alan Grier, Shania Twain, Rizwan Manji, Josh Groban, Leo Abelo Perry, Jon Jon Briones, Joshua Henry, and H.E.R. in Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)
      Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
      6.7
      TV Special
      • director (animated segments)
      • 2022
    • Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
      Beauty and the Beast
      7.1
      • creative consultant
      • 2017
    • Pierce Brosnan in Once Upon an Island (2015)
      Once Upon an Island
      7.0
      • creative consultant
      • 2015
    • Chimpanzee (2011)
      Chimpanzee
      7.1
      • creative consultant
      • 2011
    • Spirited Away (2001)
      Spirited Away
      8.6
      • director: U.S. production
      • 2001
    • Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)
      The Lion King
      8.5
      • additional story material
      • 1994
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    Edit
    • Born
      • August 24, 1963
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Other works
      He co-directed, with Gary Trousdale, the film "Cranium Command" which was a featured attraction at Disney World's Epcot Center.
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Beauty and the Beast (1991).
    • Quotes
      [on the standing ovation an unfinished Beauty and the Beast (1991) received at the New York Film Festival] I remember just being absolutely slack-jawed, stunned, knocked over, goggle-eyed with astonishment. They applauded like they were at a live Broadway show and I had never seen anything like that in my life.
    • Trademarks
        Frequently directs films with Gary Trousdale

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb app
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb app
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb app
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.