Byron Howard

For the fictional character, see Byron Howard (Haven).
Byron Howard

Born (1968-12-26) December 26, 1968
Misawa, Japan
Nationality American
Alma mater Evergreen State College
Occupation Director, screenwriter, producer, animator, voice actor
Notable work Bolt
Tangled
Zootopia
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Byron P. Howard (born December 26, 1968)[1] is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, story artist and occasional voice actor at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is best known as the co-director of Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010), and Zootopia (2016), and a supervising animator on Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Brother Bear (2003). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Tangled.[2]

Early life and education

Howard was born in Misawa, Japan, and raised in Issaquah, Washington, United States. He attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.[3]

Career

Howard began his career at Disney in 1994,[3] working as an animator on films including Pocahontas, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear.[4][5] He was nominated for a 2003 Annie Award for Character Animation for Brother Bear.[6]

The first film Howard directed was the animated Disney film Bolt, which was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[7] In his role as co-director of the film with Chris Williams, Howard focused on character design and animation.[7] Howard went on to direct the animated Disney films Tangled (2010, co-directed with Nathan Greno) and Zootopia (2016, co-directed with Rich Moore).[8][9][10] He and Greno also co-directed and wrote the animated short Tangled Ever After, which features supporting characters from Tangled and showed in theaters before the 2012 3D re-release of Beauty and the Beast.[11]

In 2009, Howard became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.[12]

Personal life

In the Fusion documentary Imagining Zootopia, Howard declared he is gay and has been married since 1988.[13]

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
1995 Pocahontas Inbetweener
1998 Mulan Animator
2000 John Henry Supervising animator Short film, from Disney's American Legends (2002)
2002 Lilo & Stitch Supervising animator, character designer
2003 Brother Bear Supervising animator Nominated for Annie Award for Character Animation
2005 Chicken Little Additional story artist
2008 Bolt Co-director (with Chris Williams), additional screenplay material Nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
2009 Super Rhino Executive producer Short film, included on home video release of Bolt
2010 Tangled Co-director (with Nathan Greno), voices of Guard 2 and Thug 2 Won Tokyo Anime Award for International Theater;
nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
2012 Tangled Ever After Co-director (with Nathan Greno), writer, voices of Lantern Wrangler and Chef Short film
2016 Zootopia Co-director (with Rich Moore and Jared Bush), story by,
supervising animator, voices of Travis and Bucky Oryx-Antlerson

Awards

Golden Globe Award

References

External links

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