Kelly Asbury

Kelly Asbury was born on January 15th 1960, in Beaumont, Texas. He is an American film director, screenwriter, story supervisor, voice actor, published children's book author/illustrator, and non-fiction author/historian.

He attended Lamar University for two years before, in 1980, transferring to the renowned California Institute of the Arts, where he studied animation and filmmaking. He is known for being an artist in a variety of capacities on many animated movies.

Disney Filmography

 * The Fox and the Hound - 1981 - Cel painting
 * The Black Cauldron - 1985 - Inbetween Artist
 * The Little Mermaid - 1989 - Visual Development Artist
 * The Rescuers Down Under - 1990 - Character Designer, Storyboard Artist and Visual Development
 * Roller Coaster Rabbit - 1990 - Art director
 * Beauty and the Beast - 1991 - Story
 * The Nightmare Before Christmas - 1993 - Assistant Art Director
 * Toy Story - 1995 - Story
 * James and the Giant Peach - 1995 - Artistic Supervisor
 * Gnomeo & Juliet - 2011 - Director, Story and Screenplay, voice of Red Goon Gnomes