# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-j-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:19.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-j-smith"
name: "Simon J. Smith"
slug: "simon-j-smith"
description: "Simon James Smith is a British animator, film director, and voice actor. He is best known for his work at DreamWorks Animation. Smith came to PDI/DreamWorks in 1997 as head of layout for the company's feature film division. A CG animation veteran with nearly 35 years of experience, Smith supervised the layout department on PDI/DreamWorks' first animated feature Antz (1998), serving as the head of layout in Shrek (2001). He then directed the Universal Studios Theatre experience Shrek 4-D, followed by the short Far Far Away Idol. His first feature film as a director was in 2007, with Bee Movie. He then directed another DVD short, Megamind: The Button of Doom, before co-directing, with Eric Darnell, the comedy/spy action spin-off from the Madagascar series, Penguins of Madagascar, the mini series Baymax Dreams for Disney, and is executive producer on Batwheels for Warner Bros."
tagline: "British animator, director, and voice actor"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/puCP7MQ8Gm9aKGcQiOcLiKIKcpJ.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.928154666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971239/"
    handle:    "nm0971239"
sources:
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    title: "Simon J. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_J._Smith"
    title: "Simon J. Smith"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Simon J. Smith"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Simon J. Smith"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump