---
name: "Jerry Rees"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerry-rees"
fi1m_id: "jerry-rees"
imdb_id: "nm0715916"
tmdb_id: 108217
wikidata_id: "Q6184295"
roles: ["Screenstory","Director"]
born: "15 November 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-02T22:10:15.778104+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jerry Rees

## Identity

Jerry Rees

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerry-rees
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerry-rees
- **IMDb ID:** nm0715916
- **TMDB ID:** 108217
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6184295
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rees, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6184295, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715916/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108217

Screenstory and director. Born 15 November 1956 in Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenstory, Director
- **Born:** 15 November 1956, Texas, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rees, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6184295, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715916/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108217

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Brave Little Toaster*](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jerry Rees is an American film director, screenwriter and animator. Born on 15 November 1956 in Johnson County, Texas, he trained at the California Institute of the Arts and began his career as an animator at Walt Disney Studios.

Rees is best known for directing and co-writing the screenplay for the animated feature *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987), which received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. He also directed the live-action comedy *The Marrying Man* (1991). Earlier credits include work as a visual effects supervisor on *Tron* (1982) and animation on Disney features such as *The Fox and the Hound* (1981).

Rees has directed numerous Disney theme park attractions and continues to work in film, animation and trans-media projects.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, moviemaker.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987), Fi1m 77, Director, Screenplay, Screenstory, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beyond The Glass: The WDW Animation Building* (2024), Actor
- *Susie's Hope* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks* (2003), as Sam / Lou · Director
- *Disney's California Adventure Grand Opening Special* (2001), Director
- *The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue* (1997), Characters
- *The Marrying Man* (1991), Director
- *Cranium Command* (1989), Director
- *Back to Neverland* (1989), Screenplay, Director, Story
- *Die Reis Na Blinkliggiestad* (1988), Screenplay
- *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987), Director, Screenstory, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brave-little-toaster.md)
- *Alvin and the Chipmunks* (1983), series, Writer
- *Tron* (1982), Storyboard Designer, Visual Effects Coordinator
- *Luau* (1982), Director
- *The Fox and the Hound* (1981), Animation
- *Doctor of Doom* (1979), Bob Garcia's Voice / Cameraman, Editor, Director, Cinematography

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