Gary Trousdale
Biography
Gary Trousdale is an American animator, director, and storyboard artist. Born in Los Angeles and raised in La Crescenta, California, he studied animation at CalArts for three years. He began in 1982 at Carter/Mendez Productions designing storyboards, then joined Walt Disney Productions in 1984, first credited as an effects animator on The Black Cauldron (1985). He storyboarded Oliver & Company (1988) and The Little Mermaid (1989). With Kirk Wise he directed Beauty and the Beast (1991), which became the first animated film to earn $100 million in North America and the first animated feature nominated for Best Picture. They also directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). At DreamWorks Animation he storyboarded Madagascar (2005) and Flushed Away (2006), and directed the specials Shrek the Halls (2007) and Scared Shrekless (2010). He received an Annie Award nomination in 2010 for Scared Shrekless and directed the 2014 short Rocky and Bullwinkle.
66years old
Turns 67 on June 8in 237 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 22 years1996 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018HowardIMDb rating 7.5
- 2009Waking Sleeping BeautyIMDb rating 7.5
- 2007Shrek the HallsIMDb rating 6.4
- 1996The Hunchback of Notre DameIMDb rating 7.0
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A role that slipped away
Creative differences led to Trousdale and Wise being fired from The Rescuers Down Under (1990). Their wish to cast an Aboriginal Australian child actor as the voice of Cody had been ignored.
A role that slipped away
Trousdale was dismissed from directing Gnomeo & Juliet, his first solo project, in 2003 after Michael Eisner questioned its commercial appeal.
A change of course
Gary Trousdale had wanted to become an architect, but math proved too difficult for him. He then chose animation as his field of study at CalArts, where he remained for three years.
Gary Trousdale movies on Netflix
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Don Hahn directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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