Simon 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 ==
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 Animation, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, 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 2000, he co-directed Ron Howard films, Barney's Great Adventure, based on the Barney & Friends television series from (1992-2009) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas based on the Dr. Seuss children's book.
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, where he continued as a story artist for films such as Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), including Disney and Pixar films, The Incredibles (2004), Chicken Little (2005), Cars (2006) and Flushed Away (2006).
In 2011 he co-wrote and directed Mars Needs Moms using motion-capture technology during the filming.
== Family ==
Wells resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Wendy, and daughters Meredith and Teagan.
== 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	Mulan 	story artist
1998	Antz 	additional story artist
1998	The Prince of Egypt 	director
1999	Tarzan 	story artist
1999	Toy Story 2 	co-director
2000	An Extremely Goofy Movie 	story artist
2000	Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie 	co-director
2000	The Road to El Dorado 	additional story artist
2000	A Bug's Life 	co-director
2000	Dinosaur 	additional story artist
2000	Chicken Run 	additional story artist
2000	How The Grinch Stole Christmas 	co-director
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	additional story artist
2001	Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	story artist
2001	Shrek 	special thanks
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire 	co-director
2001	Monsters, Inc. 	story artist/special thanks
2001	Barney's Magical Christmas: The Movie 	director
2002	Return To Neverland 	additional story artist
2002	The Time Machine 	director
2002	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 	story artist
2002	Lilo & Stitch 	supervising animator/director
2002	Treasure Planet 	additional story artist
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 	story artist
2004	Home on the Range 	supervising animator/director
2004	Shrek 2 	additional story artist
2004	Shark Tale 	additional story artist
2004	The Incredibles 	additional story artist
2004	The Polar Express 	digital visual concept consultant
2005	Madagascar 	story artist
2005	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch 	supervising animator
2005	Chicken Little 	story artist
2006	Bambi II 	supervising animator
2006	Over the Hedge 	story artist
2006	Cars 	story artist
2006	Flushed Away 	story artist
2006	The Fox and the Hound 2 	supervising animator/director
2007	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time 	supervising animator/director
2007	Meet the Robinsons 	story artist
2007	Shrek the Third 	story artist
2008	Kung Fu Panda 	action sequence supervisor/story artist
2008	Bolt 	supervising animator/director
2011	Mars Needs Moms 	director/writer
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2 	additional story/story artist
2013	The Croods 	story artist
2016	Zootopia 	supervising animator
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3 	story artist
2016	Moana 	additional story/story artist
2017	The Lego Ninjago Movie 	story artist
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