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name: "Simon Wells"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-wells"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 October 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
updated: "2026-09-17T06:29:21.654371+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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# Simon Wells

Director. Born 19 October 1961 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 October 1961, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 84 (1), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27419, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21879

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Prince of Egypt*](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md) (74)

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## Biography

Simon Wells is an English film director of animation and live-action films. Born on 19 October 1961 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, he attended The Perse School and De Montfort University, where he studied audio-visual design. He began his career at Richard Williams Animation as a supervising animator on *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988).

Wells directed three films for Amblimation: *An American Tail: Fievel Goes West* (1991), *We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story* (1993) and *Balto* (1995). He later joined DreamWorks Animation, where he co-directed *The Prince of Egypt* (1998) with Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner. His live-action directorial debut was the 2002 adaptation of his great-grandfather H. G. Wells's novel *The Time Machine*. He has also worked extensively as a story artist on numerous animated features and directed *Mars Needs Moms* (2011).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kung Fu Panda 4* (2024), Fi1m 54, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/kung-fu-panda-4.md)
- *Chicken Run* (2000), Fi1m 84, Storyboard — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md)
- *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Forgotten Island* (2026), Story Artist

## Also known for

- *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), Story Artist
- *Kung Fu Panda 2* (2011), Story
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Story Artist
- *The Time Machine* (2002), Director
- *Balto* (1995), Director
- *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017), Story Artist
- *An American Tail: Fievel Goes West* (1991), Director
- *Mars Needs Moms* (2011), Screenplay, Director

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/simon-wells