Kelly Adam Asbury (January 15, 1960 â€" June 26, 2020) was an American
animated film director, screenwriter, voice actor, published
children's book author/illustrator, and non-fiction author. He was
best known for directing animated films, including Shrek 2, Spirit:
Stallion of the Cimarron, and Gnomeo & Juliet.Asbury was born in
Beaumont, Texas, the son of Josephine Margaret (Lebeouf) and Donald
Leslie Asbury. His father Donald died from cancer when Asbury was 12
years old. He attended Lamar University for two years before
transferring to the renowned California Institute of the Arts in 1980,
where he studied animation and filmmaking.Asbury got his start at Walt
Disney Feature Animation from 1983 to 1995, and contributed
storyboards for several animated films including The Little Mermaid
and Beauty and the Beast, as well as Pixar's first feature film, Toy
Story. In 1993, he was the assistant art director on Tim Burton's The
Nightmare Before Christmas.In 1995, he began working for DreamWorks
Animation, and directed two Academy Award-nominated feature films,
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Shrek 2 (2004). In
addition to directing, Asbury provided some of the extra voices in
Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third.
animated film director, screenwriter, voice actor, published
children's book author/illustrator, and non-fiction author. He was
best known for directing animated films, including Shrek 2, Spirit:
Stallion of the Cimarron, and Gnomeo & Juliet.Asbury was born in
Beaumont, Texas, the son of Josephine Margaret (Lebeouf) and Donald
Leslie Asbury. His father Donald died from cancer when Asbury was 12
years old. He attended Lamar University for two years before
transferring to the renowned California Institute of the Arts in 1980,
where he studied animation and filmmaking.Asbury got his start at Walt
Disney Feature Animation from 1983 to 1995, and contributed
storyboards for several animated films including The Little Mermaid
and Beauty and the Beast, as well as Pixar's first feature film, Toy
Story. In 1993, he was the assistant art director on Tim Burton's The
Nightmare Before Christmas.In 1995, he began working for DreamWorks
Animation, and directed two Academy Award-nominated feature films,
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Shrek 2 (2004). In
addition to directing, Asbury provided some of the extra voices in
Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third.
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