Kelly Asbury
Biography
Kelly Asbury was an American filmmaker who worked as a director, writer, voice actor, and illustrator. Born in Beaumont, Texas, he spent two years at Lamar University before moving on to the California Institute of the Arts in 1980 to study animation and filmmaking. From 1983 to 1995 he worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation, storyboarding features including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Pixar's Toy Story, and serving on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas as assistant art director. He moved to DreamWorks Animation in 1995 and directed Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Shrek 2 (2004), both of which earned Academy Award nominations, and added extra voices to Shrek 2. He directed and co-wrote Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), receiving two Annie Award nominations for it, followed by Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) and UglyDolls (2019). He also wrote and illustrated twelve children's books.
60years old at death
- Born Beaumont
- Died Encino
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Kelly Adam Asbury (birth name)Also credited as Kelly A. Asbury
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 15 years2004 to 2019
Every film, newest first
- 2019UglyDollsIMDb rating 5.2
- 2018Sherlock GnomesIMDb rating 5.3
- 2017Smurfs: The Lost VillageIMDb rating 6.0
- 2011Gnomeo & JulietIMDb rating 5.9
- 2004Shrek 2IMDb rating 7.4
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Early training
Asbury studied animation and filmmaking at the California Institute of the Arts, where he transferred in 1980 after two years at Lamar University.
Behind the camera
In 2003, Asbury wrote Dummy Days, a non-fiction biography of five 20th-century ventriloquists. He also wrote and illustrated twelve children's books, among them Rusty's Red Vacation and Bonnie's Blue House.
First role
Asbury began his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1983, contributing storyboards to The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Pixar's first feature, Toy Story.
A role that slipped away
In 2006, after Shrek 2 did well, Asbury was announced as writer and director of a live-action movie of Clive Barker's children's book The Thief of Always, for 20th Century Fox and Seraphim Films. It would have been his live-action debut, but the rights went back to Barker.
Kelly Asbury movies on Netflix
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Films together
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Stephen Merchant's page
Also two films together3 more actors
- Ashley JensenSherlock Gnomes (2018) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
- Ozzy OsbourneSherlock Gnomes (2018) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
- Julio BonetSherlock Gnomes (2018) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.