Simon Wells

Simon Wells
Born	1961 (age 54–55) Cambridge, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Occupation	Film director, storyboard artist, animator, screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Wendy Wells

Simon Wells (born 1961) is an English film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great-grandson of author H. G. Wells.

Early life and education

Born in Cambridge, he attended The Perse School and De Montfort University where he studied audio-visual design. Upon graduating he found a job at Richard Williams's studio where he animated commercials and other projects. Wells later supervised the animation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Career

Wells later became a member of Amblimation, a studio owned by Steven Spielberg, where he served as director on films such as An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story and Balto. Wells was set to direct a sequel to Casper, but the project was cancelled.

After the closure of Amblimation Wells joined DreamWorks where he worked as storyboard artist on many animated projects, he also directed The Prince of Egypt which was nominated for an Annie Award.

In 2002 he directed his first live-action film, a film adaptation of his great-grandfather's book The Time Machine.

In 2011 he co-wrote and directed Mars Needs Moms using motion-capture technology during the filming.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Notes
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	supervising animator
1989	Back to the Future Part II	consultant: Future
1990	Back to the Future Part III	assistance/thanks
1991	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	director
1993	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	director
1995	Balto	director
1998	Antz	additional story artist
1998	The Prince of Egypt	director
2000	The Road to El Dorado	additional story artist
2000	Chicken Run	additional story
2001	Shrek	special thanks
2002	The Time Machine	director
2002	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	story artist
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	story artist
2004	Shrek 2	additional story artist
	Shark Tale	additional story artist
	The Polar Express	digital visual concept consultant
2005	Madagascar	story artist
2006	Over the Hedge	story artist
2006	Flushed Away	story artist
2007	Shrek the Third	story artist
2008	Kung Fu Panda	action sequence supervisor/story artist
2011	Mars Needs Moms	director/writer
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	additional story/story artist
2013	The Croods	story artist
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	story artist

External links

Simon Wells at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Simon Wells

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) Balto (1995) The Prince of Egypt (1998) The Time Machine (2002) Mars Needs Moms (2011)

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature

1998–2000	A Bug's Life – John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton / The Prince of Egypt – Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Hickner (1998) Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, and Ash Brannon (1999) Chicken Run – Peter Lord and Nick Park (2000)

2001–2010	Shrek – Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001) Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (2003) The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) Cars – John Lasseter and Joe Ranft (2006) Ratatouille – Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava (2007) WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) Up – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (2009) Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010)

2011–present	Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore (2012) Frozen – Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2013) The Lego Movie – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014) Inside Out – Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen (2015) Zootopia – Byron Howard and Rich Moore (2016)

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