According to foreign media, director Kelly Asberry, who has directed works such as "Shrek 2", "Pony King" and "Ugly Doll", died of cancer on June 26, local time, at the age of 60.
Born on January 15, 1960 in Texas, Kelly Asperry began his animation career at Disney, where he worked on the production of many classic animated films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Christmas Eve Horror, Toy Story, The Prince of Egypt, And Chicken Run, and many other classic animated films.
Later, for Shrek 2, he was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 57th Cannes Film Festival and the Best Director (nominated) at the 32nd Animated Annie Awards.
The last animated film he directed was "Ugly Doll", which was released in China last year, telling the fairy tale of ugly dolls looking for their true self, dolls actually have no beauty and ugliness, and the happiness brought to children is equivalent.