About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1968-12-26
Place of birth:
Misawa, Japan
Website:
N/A

Byron Howard

Overview

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 the upcoming 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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Known for

Acting

2016 Imagining Zootopia Actor Self 59
Average
2016 Zootopia Actor Bucky Oryx-Antlerson / Travis (voice) 76
Good
2015 Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Actor Himself 59
Average
2012 Tangled Ever After Actor Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice) 67
Fair
2011 Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale Actor Self N/A
N/A
2010 Tangled Actor Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice) 75
Good
2005 The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' Actor Himself 59
Average

Directing

2025 Zootopia 2 Directing Director N/A
N/A
2021 Encanto Directing Director 75
Good
2016 Zootopia Directing Director 76
Good
2012 Tangled Ever After Directing Director 67
Fair
2010 Tangled Directing Director 75
Good
2008 Bolt Directing Director 64
Fair
Untitled Disney Animated Project Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing

2021 Encanto Writing Story 75
Good
2016 Zootopia Writing Story 76
Good
2012 Tangled Ever After Writing Writer 67
Fair

Production

2024 Iwájú Production Executive Producer 70
Good
2022 Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
2022 Zootopia+ Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2019 Frozen II Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2009 Super Rhino Production Executive Producer 59
Average

Crew

2003 Brother Bear Crew Supervising Animator 71
Good

Visual Effects

2002 Lilo & Stitch Visual Effects Character Designer 73
Good