Byron Howard
Byron Howard | |
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 Howard at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival | |
| Born | December 26, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Evergreen State College |
| Occupation(s) | 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 |
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| 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
- 2010 – Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film for Tangled[2]
References
- ^ https://twitter.com/ByronPHoward/status/680824096167333889/photo/1
- ^ a b Justin Kroll and Rachel Abrams, "Golden Globe Nomination Reactions," Variety, December 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Ally Sikora, "A long, drawn-out process," St. Petersburg Times, September 15, 2003.
- ^ Ramin Zahed, "Byron Howard to Direct New Disney Feature," Animation Magazine, May 6, 2013.
- ^ Borys Kit, "Disney, 'Tangled' Director Plot New Animated Feature With Jason Bateman," The Hollywood Reporter, May 3, 2013.
- ^ "31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners," annieawards.org, 2003.
- ^ a b Ellen Wolff, "Animated Oscar noms took long road," Variety, February 5, 2009.
- ^ Peter Debruge, "Film Review: 'Zootopia'," Variety, February 12, 2016.
- ^ Dan Sarto, "Byron Howard and Rich Moore Talk 'Zootopia'," Animation World Network, December 4, 2015.
- ^ Christina Radish, "'Zootopia': Rich Moore, Byron Howard on Their Animated World, Frank Capra Influences," Collider.com, January 20, 2016.
- ^ Noelene Clark, "'Tangled Ever After': Disney lets its hair down," Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2012.
- ^ Andrew Stewart, "AMPAS invites 134 to join ranks," Variety, June 30, 2009.
- ^ Imagining Zootopia, Fusion, 2016.
External links
- Byron Howard at IMDb
