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Simon Wells
Director 64 years old

Simon Wells

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Simon Finlay Wells (born 1961) is an English film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great-grandson of author H. G. Wells, and is best known for directing The Prince of Egypt with Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner. Description above from the Wikipedia... Read full bio →

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Mars Needs Moms

Mars Needs Moms

Simon Wells 2011 1h 28m 6.9

A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

Simon Wells 2002 1h 36m 5.5

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt

Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner 1998 1h 39m 7.4

Born into slavery and cast adrift on the Nile to escape mass genocide, Moses is reared as the son of Pharaoh Seti and stepbrother of Ramses. When Moses learns of his true ancestry, he retreats to the desert, where he answers God's call and accepts his destiny: to lead the Hebrews out of slavery and into freedom.

Balto

Balto

Simon Wells 1995 1h 18m 6.7

An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Dick Zondag, Phil Nibbelink 1993 1h 11m 6.0

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City.

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells 1991 1h 15m 7.1

Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R.

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