Simon Wells
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Supervising Animator
Born Oct 19, 1961 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Active 1988–present
Simon Finlay Wells (born 1961) is an English film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great-grandson of author H. G. Wells, and is best known for directing The Prince of Egypt with Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner.
Filmography
Forgotten Island (2026) — Story ArtistPuss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) — Story ArtistKung Fu Panda (2008) — Sequence SupervisorWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — Supervising AnimatorSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) — Storyboard ArtistKung Fu Panda 2 (2011) — StoryThe Croods: A New Age (2020) — Storyboard ArtistThe Prince of Egypt (1998) — DirectorChicken Run (2000) — StoryboardKung Fu Panda 4 (2024) — Story ArtistBalto (1995) — DirectorOver the Hedge (2006) — Storyboard ArtistThe Time Machine (2002) — DirectorUltraman: Rising (2024) — Additional StoryboardingThe Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) — Story ArtistAn American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) — DirectorMars Needs Moms (2011) — Director · ScreenplayWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) — DirectorThe World's First Time Machine (2003)