# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-wise
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:01:04.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-wise"
name: "Kirk Wise"
slug: "kirk-wise"
description: "Kirk Wise is an American film director, animator and screenwriter best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Wise has directed Disney animated films such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He also directed the English-language translation of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. He frequently works with Gary Trousdale and Don Hahn."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7UjxOiWuIXGUrxHNSNZ7eaUCgHm.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.584385226741468
  historical:           15.41483733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0936374"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump