--- name: "Kelly Asbury" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kelly-asbury" fi1m_id: "kelly-asbury" imdb_id: "nm0038432" tmdb_id: 12079 wikidata_id: "Q269497" roles: ["Writer","Director"] born: "15 January 1960" died: "26 June 2020" reviewed_on_fi1m: 10 average_fi1m_score: 79 average_as: "writer" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-10-05T06:31:24.400724+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." --- # Kelly Asbury ## Identity Kelly Asbury - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kelly-asbury - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kelly-asbury - **IMDb ID:** nm0038432 - **TMDB ID:** 12079 - **Wikidata ID:** Q269497 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Asbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12079 Writer and director. Born 15 January 1960 in Beaumont, Texas, USA. Died 26 June 2020. ## Details - **Work:** Writer, Director - **Born:** 15 January 1960, Beaumont, Texas, USA - **Died:** 26 June 2020 - **Active:** 1991–2013 - **Also known as:** Kelly A. Asbury, Kelly Adam Asbury - **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 1 acting, 1 directing, 6 writing, 2 crew - **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (4), 2000s 74 (4), 2010s 72 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 76 across 6 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Animation 6, Family 6, Adventure 4, Comedy 3, Fantasy 3, Drama 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3,104m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Asbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12079 ## Streaming the US now - **Peacock:** [*Shrek 2*](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## 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). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, awn.com, hollywoodreporter.com, deadline.com.* ## On Fi1m (10) ### Performed in (1) - *Shrek the Third* (2007), Fi1m 50, as Master of Ceremonies / Fiddlesworth (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md) ### Directed (1) - *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, as Page / Elf / Nobleman / Nobleman's Son (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md) ### Wrote (6) — the average rests on these - *Frozen* (2013), Fi1m 75, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md) - *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), Fi1m 70, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/wreck-it-ralph.md) - *Shrek* (2001), Fi1m 80, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md) - *Chicken Run* (2000), Fi1m 84, Storyboard — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md) - *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), Fi1m 74, Story Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md) - *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), Fi1m 91, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md) ### Crew (2) - *Toy Story* (1995), Fi1m 92, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md) - *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md) ## Complete filmography (21) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Spirit Untamed* (2021), In Memory Of - *UglyDolls* (2019), as Gibberish Cat / Oliver / Chef / Buttons (voice) · Director - *Sherlock Gnomes* (2018), as Goons · Creative Consultant, Characters - *Smurfs: The Lost Village* (2017), as Nosey Smurf (voice) · Director - *Frozen* (2013), Story Artist — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md) - *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), Story Artist — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wreck-it-ralph.md) - *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), as Red Good Gnomes (voice) · Director, Story, Screenplay - *Shrek the Third* (2007), as Master of Ceremonies / Fiddlesworth (voice) — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md) - *Shrek 2* (2004), as Page / Elf / Nobleman / Nobleman's Son (voice) · Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md) - *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron* (2002), Director - *Shrek* (2001), Story Artist — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md) - *Chicken Run* (2000), Storyboard — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md) - *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), Story Supervisor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md) - *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), Story Supervisor - *Toy Story* (1995), Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md) - *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md) - *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), as Visual Development · Story — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md) - *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990), Storyboard, Visual Development - *Roller Coaster Rabbit* (1990), as Art Direction - *The Little Mermaid* (1989), as Visual Development — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-mermaid-1989.md) - *Sport Goofy in Soccermania* (1987), as Layout ## Gallery - ![Kelly Asbury](https://film.one/media/person/78865/gallery-9e08f1158404.jpg) Kelly Asbury — Sony Pictures Animation, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Kelly_Asbury_Photo_Select_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Kelly Asbury au Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy 2014](https://film.one/media/person/78865/gallery-be4296abcbbd.jpg) Kelly Asbury au Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy 2014 — Boungawa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Kelly_Asbury.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Headshot of Kelly Asbury (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/78865/gallery-c569d131ebb1.jpg) Headshot of Kelly Asbury (2016) — Sony Pictures Animation, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Kelly_Asbury_Photo_Select.jpg/960px-Kelly_Asbury_Photo_Select.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kelly Asbury and Veronique Culliford (daughter of Smurfs creator, Peyo) (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/78865/gallery-156191bc6e33.jpg) Kelly Asbury and Veronique Culliford (daughter of Smurfs creator, Peyo) (2014) — Kelly Asbury, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Kelly_Asbury_and_Veronique_Culliford.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Kelly Asbury](https://film.one/media/person/78865/gallery-9fb33e2c3a61.jpg) Kelly Asbury — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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