Writer-director Kelly Asbury, whose credits include animated films such as "Shrek 2", "Smurfs: The Lost Village" and "Beauty and the Beast", died at the age of 60 after a long battle with cancer. His representative Nancy Newhouse Porter of Newhouse Porter Hubbard confirmed the news to Deadline on June 26.source https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/kelly-asbury-director-of-shrek-2-and-smurfs-the-lost-village-dead-at-60-629954
