Directing
Byron Howard
Born December 26, 1968 · Misawa, Japan
Biography
Byron P. Howard (born December 26, 1968) is an American animator, character designer, story artist, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as one of the directors of the Walt Disney Animation Studios films Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010), Zootopia (2016), Encanto (2021), and Zootopia 2 (2025). He is the first LGBT director to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature twice for his work on Zootopia and Encanto. Description above from the Wikipedia article Byron Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
8.0
Zootopia
Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice), Director, Story
7.7
Tangled
Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice), Director
6.8
Frozen II
Executive Producer
7.2
Encanto
Story, Director
7.4
Lilo & Stitch
Character Designer
6.8
Bolt
Director
6.9
Brother Bear
Supervising Animator
7.4
Zootopia 2
Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice), Director
7.5
Tangled Ever After
Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice), Director, Writer
7.1 TMDB
Zootopia+
Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice), Executive Producer
7.0 TMDB
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Executive Producer
5.9 TMDB
Super Rhino
Executive Producer
6.8 TMDB
Iwájú
Executive Producer
6.6 TMDB
LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite
Creator
8.4 TMDB
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
Self
6.5 TMDB
LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem
Creator
7.1 TMDB
Imagining Zootopia
Self
6.3 TMDB
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Himself
Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale
Self
Filmography
- 2026LEGO Disney Princess: Magical MayhemCreatorMovie
- 2025Zootopia 2Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice), DirectorMovie
- 2025LEGO Disney Princess: Villains UniteCreatorMovie
- 2024IwájúExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2022Encanto at the Hollywood BowlExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2022Zootopia+Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice), Executive ProducerSeries
- 2021EncantoStory, DirectorMovie
- 2019Frozen IIExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2016Imagining ZootopiaSelfMovie
- 2016ZootopiaBucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice), Director, StoryMovie
- 2015Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven DwarfsHimselfMovie
- 2012Tangled Ever AfterLantern Wrangler / Chef (voice), Director, WriterMovie
- 2011Untangled: The Making of a Fairy TaleSelfMovie
- 2010TangledGuard 2 / Thug 2 (voice), DirectorMovie
- 2009Super RhinoExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2008BoltDirectorMovie
- 2004The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'SelfMovie
- 2003Brother BearSupervising AnimatorMovie
- 2002Lilo & StitchCharacter DesignerMovie