Simon Wells

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Simon Wells (born 1961) is the great grandson of H.G. Wells. He is best known for directing the 2002 remake of The Time Machine. He also directed An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Balto, The Prince of Egypt and the film adaptation of We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. He is currently slated to direct the upcoming Stand by Love, and also the animated version of Disney's Captain EO with Phil Nibbelink.

He is nominated for the 34th Annual Annie Awards "Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production" for his boarding of Flushed Away.

[edit] Filmography

Director:

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

Animation Department:

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (supervising animator)

Art Department:

• Flushed Away (2006) (storyboard artist)
• Shark Tale (2004) (storyboard artist)
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (storyboard artist)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (storyboard artist)
• The Road to El Dorado (2000) (storyboard artist)
• Antz (1998) (storyboard artist)

Writer:

• Chicken Run (2000) (additional story)

[edit] External links

• IMDb: Simon Wells