Don Hall (filmmaker)

Don Hall
Born	Glenwood, Iowa
Alma mater	University of Iowa
Occupation	Film director, writer
Employer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Notable work	Winnie the Pooh Big Hero 6

Don Hall is an American film director and writer at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is known for co-directing Winnie the Pooh (2011), and Big Hero 6 (2014), which was inspired by the Marvel Comics of the same name.^[1] Big Hero 6 won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2015.

Don is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a bachelor of fine arts degree in drawing and painting.

Filmography

Director

Winnie the Pooh (2011) (story, co-director with Stephen J. Anderson)
Big Hero 6 (2014) (co-director with Chris Williams, creative leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Himself

Janela Indiscreta (2011)
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
Made in Hollywood (2011, 2014)
Film 2015 (2015)
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2015)
87th Academy Awards (2015)

Other

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (1994) (animator)
Al Tudi Tuhak (1999) (special thanks)
Tarzan (1999) (story)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (writer: additional story material, story artist)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (additional story artist)
Brother Bear (2003) (writer: additional story)
Home on the Range (2004) (additional story - uncredited)
Chicken Little (2005) (character designer, story artist)
Meet the Robinsons (2007) (writer, head of story, voice of Gym Coach & Uncle Gaston)
Bolt (2008) (special thanks)
The Princess and the Frog (2009) (writer: story supervisor, story, voice of Darnell)
Zootopia (2016) (creative leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Moana (2016)

Collaborators

Stephen J. Anderson, who worked with Hall on a number of Disney features, includes co-directing Winnie the Pooh.
Mark Dindal, who he work with in The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little

References

↑ Giardina, Carolyn (December 31, 2013). "Chris Williams To Co-Direct Disney Animation’s ‘Big Hero 6’ With Don Hall". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

External links

Don Hall at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Shrek – Aron Warner (2001)
Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002)
Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton (2003)
The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005)
Happy Feet – George Miller (2006)
Ratatouille – Brad Bird (2007)
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008)
Up – Pete Docter (2009)
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010)
Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011)
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (2012)
Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho (2013)
Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli (2014)
Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (2015)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 267757507 LCCN: nr2001030755 GND: 1017876827

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