 He also directed the English-language translation of Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away".Wise graduated from Palo Alto High School and went on to study character animation at California Institute of the Arts.Early in his career, Wise worked as an animator on Disney's "Sport Goofy in Soccermania" (1987), "The Great Mouse Detective" (1986) and "The Brave Little Toaster" (1987), as well as Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" episode "Family Dog".