Gary Trousdale

Biography

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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 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.

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Known For

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Old Heretic (voice)

Shrek the Halls

Santa (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Himself

Howard

Self

The Sweatbox

Himself

Shrek's Yule Log

Santa Claus (voice)

The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'

Self - Director

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2018	Howard	Self
2010	Shrek's Yule Log	Santa Claus (voice)
2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty	Himself
2007	Shrek the Halls	Santa (voice)
2002	The Sweatbox	Himself
2002	The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'	Self - Director
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	The Old Heretic (voice)

Year	TV Show	Role