Byron Howard

Born: 1968-12-26 in Misawa, Japan

Known For: 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.

Filmography

2025

Zootopia 2 as Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice)
LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite ... (Creator)

2024

Iwájú ... (Executive Producer)

2022

Zootopia+ as Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl ... (Executive Producer)

2021

Encanto ... (Story)

2019

Frozen II ... (Executive Producer)

2016

Zootopia as Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
Imagining Zootopia as Self

2015

Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Himself

2012

Tangled Ever After as Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice)

2011

Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale as Self

2010

Tangled as Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice)

2009

Super Rhino ... (Executive Producer)

2008

Bolt ... (Director)

2004

The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' as Self

2003

Brother Bear ... (Supervising Animator)

2002

Lilo & Stitch ... (Character Designer)