Biography
Kelly Asbury (1960–2020) was an American animated film director, writer and voice actor. Born in Beaumont, Texas, he attended Lamar University before studying at the California Institute of the Arts. He began his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1983, contributing storyboards to films including Beauty and the Beast (1991).
Asbury joined DreamWorks Animation in 1995. He directed Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and co-directed Shrek 2 (2004), also providing voices for the latter. His other directorial credits include Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) and UglyDolls (2019). He worked as a story artist on titles such as Frozen (2013) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012).
