Asbury died on Friday morning at his home in Encino after a long battle with stomach cancer.
Asbury began his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1983. He directed five animated films – “Mustang from the Wild Valley”, “” Shrek 2 “,” Gnomeo and Julia “,” Smurfs: Raiders of the Lost Village “and” Paskudy. UglyDolls. “Last appeared, including Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe, Blake Shelton and Pitbull.
He also worked on “Little Mermaid”, “Burton’s Halloween Town”, “Jacob and the Giant Peach”, “Prince of Egypt”, “Frozen”, “Runaway Chicken”, “Wreck-It Ralp”, “Shrek” and “Sherlock Gnome” “. He was also one of the co-creators of “Beauty and the Beast” from 1991, “Toy Story”, as well as “Kung Fu Panda” and “Madagascar 2”.
Ronnie del Carmen, who collaborated with Asbury on the Prince of Egypt, paid tribute to the director on Facebook. “Sad information (…) When I joined Pixar, the stories of the great” god Kelly “were already a legend. I will miss him very much. Rest in peace, dear friend,” he wrote.
Source: Variety
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