Gary Trousdale (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Gary Trousdale

Looking for reviews of films directed by Gary Trousdale? Cinafilm has a total of 2,023 reviews across 7 movies directed by Gary Trousdale.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 68%.

Beauty and the Beast is Gary Trousdale's highest rated movie, with a score of 85% based on 834 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Gary Trousdale is The Pig Who Cried Werewolf, with a score of 54% based on 2 reviews.

Director Biography

Gary A. Trousdale (born June 8, 1960) is an American film director known for directing movies such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He frequently directs films with Kirk Wise.

Trousdale planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in 1982 to design storyboards and do other animation. He then went to work designing restaurant menus and t-shirts.

Trousdale was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1985 as an effects animator on The Black Cauldron. He gained true prominence in his field with the success of his animated film directorial debut Beauty and the Beast, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won a LAFCA Award. He later directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996. In 2001 he directed Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

He moved to DreamWorks Animation in 2003, where he worked on projects such as The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, Shrek the Halls and more recently Scared Shrekless.

Gary Trousdale has directed films starring David Ogden Stiers, Aron Warner, Patrick Pinney and Cody Cameron.