Auteur

Karey Kirkpatrick

Born 1964 · American screenwriter, film director, and producer

Karey Kirkpatrick is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. His films include Chicken Run franchise, The Rescuers Down Under, James and the Giant Peach, Over the Hedge, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Charlotte's Web, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He has also directed the films, Over the Hedge, Imagine That starring Eddie Murphy and Smallfoot. Kirkpatrick wrote the English-language screenplays for the American releases of the Studio Ghibli films The Secret World of Arrietty in 2012 and From Up on Poppy Hill in 2013.

Karey Kirkpatrick, in order

  1. 1990 The Rescuers Down Under: wrote · directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel
  2. 1996 James and the Giant Peach: wrote · directed by Henry Selick
  3. 1997 Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves: wrote · directed by Dean Cundey
  4. 1999 The Iron Giant: wrote · directed by Brad Bird
  5. 2000 Chicken Run: wrote · directed by Nick Park and Peter Lord
  6. 2000 The Little Vampire: wrote · directed by Uli Edel
  7. 2004 Laws of Attraction: wrote · directed by Peter Howitt
  8. 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: wrote · directed by Garth Jennings · critics 60%, audiences 65%
  9. 2006 Charlotte's Web: wrote · directed by Gary Winick · critics 79%, audiences 62% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
  10. 2006 Over the Hedge: directed, wrote
  11. 2007 Flakes: produced · directed by Michael Lehmann
  12. 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles: wrote, produced · directed by Mark Waters
  13. 2009 Imagine That: directed
  14. 2013 The Smurfs 2: wrote · directed by Raja Gosnell
  15. 2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village: wrote · directed by Kelly Asbury
  16. 2018 Smallfoot: directed, wrote
  17. 2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget: wrote · directed by Sam Fell