Directing
Byron Howard
Born 1968-12-26
Misawa, Japan
Department: Directing
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
Prominent works featuring Byron Howard
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Zootopia
2016
TMDB3.9
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Tangled
2010
TMDB3.8
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Frozen II
2019
TMDB3.6
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Encanto
2021
TMDB3.8
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Lilo & Stitch
2002
TMDB3.8
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Bolt
2008
TMDB3.3
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Brother Bear
2003
TMDB3.6
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Zootopia 2
2025
TMDB3.9
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Tangled Ever After
2012
TMDB3.5
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Zootopia+
2022
TMDB3.5
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (27 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem | Creator | Movie | 2026 |
 | Zootopia 2 | Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice) | Movie | 2025 |
| Zootopia 2 | Director | Movie | 2025 |
 | LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite | Creator | Movie | 2025 |
 | Iwájú | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Zootopia+ | Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
| Zootopia+ | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Encanto | Story | Movie | 2021 |
| Encanto | Director | Movie | 2021 |
 | Frozen II | Executive Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Imagining Zootopia | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Zootopia | Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
| Zootopia | Director | Movie | 2016 |
| Zootopia | Story | Movie | 2016 |
 | Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Himself | Movie | 2015 |
 | Tangled Ever After | Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice) | Movie | 2012 |
| Tangled Ever After | Director | Movie | 2012 |
| Tangled Ever After | Writer | Movie | 2012 |
 | Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Tangled | Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
| Tangled | Director | Movie | 2010 |
 | Super Rhino | Executive Producer | Movie | 2009 |
 | Bolt | Director | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | Brother Bear | Supervising Animator | Movie | 2003 |
 | Lilo & Stitch | Character Designer | Movie | 2002 |