Simon Wells

Simon Joseph 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==
After the closing of Richard Williams Studio, Wells 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.
Wells went back to DreamWorks Animation, where he continued as a story artist for films such as Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), Shrek 2 (2004), Madagascar (2005) and Flushed Away (2006).
In 2011 he co-wrote and directed Mars Needs Moms using motion-capture technology during the filming.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Director	Writer
1991	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	 	
1993	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 	 	
1995	Balto 	 	
1998	The Prince of Egypt 	 	
2002	The Time Machine 	 	
2011	Mars Needs Moms 	 	
TBA 	Save the Cat 	 	
===Story Artist===
* Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
* Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
* Madagascar (2005)
* Over the Hedge (2006)
* Flushed Away (2006)
* Shrek the Third (2007)
* Kung Fu Panda (2008)
* The Croods (2013)
* Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
* The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
===Additional Story Artist===
* Antz (1998)
* The Road to El Dorado (2000)
* Chicken Run (2000)
* Shrek 2 (2004)
* Shark Tale (2004)
* Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
===Other credits===
Year	Film 	Role
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
2001	Shrek 	special thanks
2004	The Polar Express 	digital visual concept consultant
2008	Kung Fu Panda 	action sequence supervisor
Category:Alumni of De Montfort University
Category:English animators
Category:English film directors
Category:British animated film directors
Category:1961 births
Category:People educated at The Perse School
Category:People from Cambridge
Category:Living people
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:British storyboard artists
Category:DreamWorks Animation people
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