Gary Trousdale

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 tshirts 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 Picture and won a LAFCA Award He later directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996 In 2001 he directed Atlantis The Lost Empire He moved to DreamWorks Animation in 2003 where he worked on projects such as The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper Shrek the Halls and more recently Scared Shrekless Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Trousdale licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia