Byron Howard
Directing·December 26, 1968 — 57 years old·Misawa, Japan
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.
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2025Zootopia 2Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice) · Director2025LEGO Disney Princess: Villains UniteCreator2024IwájúTVExecutive Producer2022Encanto at the Hollywood BowlExecutive Producer2022Zootopia+TVBucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice) · Executive Producer2021EncantoStory · Director2019Frozen IIExecutive Producer2016Imagining ZootopiaSelf2016ZootopiaBucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice) · Director · Story2015Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven DwarfsHimself2012Tangled Ever AfterLantern Wrangler / Chef (voice) · Director · Writer2011Untangled: The Making of a Fairy TaleSelf2010TangledGuard 2 / Thug 2 (voice) · Director2009Super RhinoExecutive Producer2008BoltDirector2004The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'Self2003Brother BearSupervising Animator2002Lilo & StitchCharacter Designer