Byron Howard

Director

Born: December 26, 1968 (age 57)
From: 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…

Filmography (10)

Zootopia 2 (2025)
Director
Encanto (2021)
Director
Imagining Zootopia (2016)
Self
Zootopia (2016)
Director
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2015)
Himself
Tangled Ever After (2012)
Director
Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale (2011)
Self
Tangled (2010)
Director
Bolt (2008)
Director
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' (2004)
Self