Gary Trousdale

Directing · Born 1960-06-08 in La Crescenta, California, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gary A. Trousdale (born June 8, 1960) is an American film director known for directing movies such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He frequently directs films with Kirk Wise. Trousdale planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in 1982 to design storyboards and do other animation. He then went to work designing restaurant menus and t-shirts. Trousdale was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1985 as an effects animator on The Black Cauldron. He gained true prominence in his field with the success of his animated film directorial debut Beauty and the Beast, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best…

Filmography

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame as The Old Heretic (voice)
• Shrek the Halls as Santa (voice)
• The Sweatbox as Self
• Howard as Self
• Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self
• The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' as Self - Director
• Shrek's Yule Log as Santa Claus (voice)