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 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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Filmography
Cast Credits
Zootopia+
Character: Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
TV • 2022
Imagining Zootopia
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2016
Zootopia
Character: Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
MOVIE • 2016
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2015
Tangled Ever After
Character: Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice)
MOVIE • 2012
Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Tangled
Character: Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice)
MOVIE • 2010
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2004
Crew
Crew Credits
Zootopia 2
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
Lego Disney Princess: Villains Unite
Role: Creator
MOVIE • 2025
Iwájú
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2022
Zootopia+
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2022
Encanto
Role: Story
MOVIE • 2021
Encanto
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
Frozen II
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2019
Zootopia
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
Zootopia
Role: Story
MOVIE • 2016
Tangled Ever After
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2012
Tangled Ever After
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2012
Tangled
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Super Rhino
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2009
Bolt
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2008
Brother Bear
Role: Supervising Animator
MOVIE • 2003
Lilo & Stitch
Role: Character Designer
MOVIE • 2002