Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (or sometimes called Spirit) is a 2002 American animated Western film that was released by DreamWorks. It follows the adventures of a young Kiger mustang stallionliving in the 19th century wild west. The film, written by John Fusco and directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. In contrast to the way animals are portrayed in an anthropomorphic style in other animated features, Spirit and his fellow horses communicate with each other through sounds and body language. Spirit's thoughts are narrated by his voice actor Matt Damon, but otherwise he has no dialogue.^[2] This is the second film, after Chicken Run, and DreamWorks' only traditionally animated film with a G rating from the MPAA.