Karey Kirkpatrick (born December 14, 1964)
thumb|right|200px|Karey Kirkpatrick in 2006
In 2011, Karey and his brother Wayne began working on the musical Something Rotten!. In 2015, they were nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre. Karey was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical along with John O'Farrell. Kirkpatrick, along with brother Wayne, also co-wrote the film's six original songs.
Kirkpatrick also co-wrote the song "Such a Beautiful Day" for the Disney animated film Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe for which he received and Emmy Nomination for "Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool, Children's, or Animated Program".
Kirkpatrick and his Chicken Run co-writer John O'Farrell in 2018 were hired to script a sequel film, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. The film was released on Netflix in 2023.
Filmography
Film
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| 1990
| The Rescuers Down Under
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| Credited as "Animation Screenplay"
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| 1996
| James and the Giant Peach
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| 1997
| Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
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| rowspan="2" | 2000
| Chicken Run
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| The Little Vampire
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| 2005
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Over the Hedge
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| Co-directed with Tim Johnson
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| Charlotte's Web
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| 2007
| Flakes
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| 2008
| The Spiderwick Chronicles
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| 2009
| Imagine That
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| Also music department (producer, writer, performer)
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| 2011
| From Up on Poppy Hill
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| US adaptation
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| 2012
| The Secret World of Arrietty
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| US adaptation;<br />Also additional voices
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| 2013
| The Smurfs 2
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| 2018
| Smallfoot
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| Also lyricist
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| 2023
| Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
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Television
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| 1995
| Timon and Pumbaa
| Writer: Episode "Okay Bayou?"
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| 2015
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
| Queen Latifah/Sam Rockwell/Something Rotten! (Uncredited)
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Other credits
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| 2000
| The Road to El Dorado
| Additional dialogue
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| 2004
| Laws of Attraction
| Additional script
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| 2005
| Madagascar
| Creative consultant
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| 2006
| Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
| Short; creative consultant
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|rowspan=2| 2015
| 69th Tony Awards
| Lyricist: "A Musical"
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| Strange Magic
| Special thanks
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| rowspan="2" | 2017
| The True Don Quixote
| Executive producer
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| 71st Tony Awards
| Lyricist: Opening Number
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| 2018
| Early Man
| Story consultant
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| rowspan="2" | 2019
| The Addams Family
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| A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
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| 2020
| Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
| Songwriter: "Such a Beautiful Day"
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