西蒙·威尔斯， Simon Wells is an English-American film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great grandson of famous author, H. G. Wells. Born in Cambridge, he attended 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?. Wells later 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. In 2011 he co-wrote and directed the box office failure Mars Needs Moms using motion-capture technology during the filming.
| 中文名 | 西蒙·威尔斯 |
|---|---|
| 出生地 | 英国,英格兰,剑桥 |
| 出生日期 | 1961 |
| 别名 | simon wells |
| 原始名称 | 西蒙·威尔斯 |
| 外文名 | simon wells |
| 奖项列表 | 安妮奖 |
| 性别 | 男 |
| 提名数 | 3 |
| 提名数列表 | 0 |
| 等价别名 | 西蒙威尔斯 |
| 精选别名 | 西蒙威尔斯 |
| 英文名 | simon wells |
| 获奖数 | 0 |
| 获奖数列表 | 提名:3 |