Byron Howard
Byron Howard | |
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Born | |
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] and won an Oscar for Zootopia.
Early life and education
Howard was born in Misawa, Japan, and raised in both the outskirts of Philadelphia[3] and Issaquah, Washington, United States, in a middle-class family. He attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.[4]
Career
Howard began his career at Disney in 1994,[4] working as an animator on films including Pocahontas, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear.[5][6] He was nominated for a 2003 Annie Award for Character Animation for Brother Bear.[7]
The first film Howard directed was the animated Disney film Bolt, which was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[8] In his role as co-director of the film with Chris Williams, Howard focused on character design and animation.[8] Howard went on to direct the animated Disney films Tangled (2010, co-directed with Nathan Greno) and Zootopia (2016, co-directed with Rich Moore).[9][10][11] 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.[12]
As of November 2016[update], Howard is working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on an original animated film.[13]
In 2009, Howard became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.[14]
Personal life
In the Fusion documentary Imagining Zootopia, Howard mentioned he is openly gay and has been married since 1988.[3]
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 | Cobra Bubbles |
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 |
Won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature |
TBA | Untitled Lin-Manuel Miranda/Byron Howard-Developed Disney Animation Film[15] | Director |
Awards
- 2010 – Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film for Tangled[2]
- 2017 – Won: Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film for Zootopia
- 2017 – Won: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Zootopia[16]
References
- ^ Byron Howard [@ByronPHoward] (December 26, 2015). "#Zootopia birthday wishes <3 thank you, my talented friend @LePrinceKido Can't wait to see you in Paris soon!" (Tweet) – via Twitter./photo/1
- ^ a b Justin Kroll and Rachel Abrams, "Golden Globe Nomination Reactions," Variety, December 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Imagining Zootopia, Fusion, 2016.
- ^ 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, January 20, 2016.
- ^ Noelene Clark, "'Tangled Ever After': Disney lets its hair down," Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2012.
- ^ Buchanan, Kyle (November 15, 2016). "Lin-Manuel Miranda Reveals He's Making a Secret Disney Film". Vulture. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Andrew Stewart, "AMPAS invites 134 to join ranks," Variety, June 30, 2009.
- ^ "Disney's Teaming Lin Manuel Miranda with Zootopia Co-Director for Secret Animated Film". Cinemablend.
- ^ Donnelly, Jim. "ZOOTOPIA IS THE 2017 OSCAR WINNER FOR ANIMATED FEATURE FILM". The Oscars. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
External links
- Byron Howard at IMDb
- 1968 births
- American animators
- American film directors
- Living people
- Walt Disney Animation Studios people
- LGBT animators
- Animated film directors
- LGBT directors
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Gay writers
- LGBT screenwriters
- American male screenwriters
- American male voice actors
- The Evergreen State College alumni
- Directors of Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners