Byron Howard
Directing1968Misawa, Japan
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.
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Known For
Zootopia
Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
Tangled
Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice)
Zootopia 2
Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice)
Tangled Ever After
Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice)
Zootopia+
Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
Self
Imagining Zootopia
Self
Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale
Self
Acting History
Future
Zootopia 3
Director
Zootopia 3
Writer
2025
Zootopia 2
as Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice)
Zootopia 2
Director
2024
Iwájú
TVExecutive Producer
2022
Zootopia+
TVas Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)• 1 eps
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl
Executive Producer
Zootopia+
TVExecutive Producer• 6 eps
2019
Frozen II
Executive Producer
2016
2012
Tangled Ever After
as Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice)
Tangled Ever After
Director
Tangled Ever After
Writer
2011
2009
Super Rhino
Executive Producer
2008
Bolt
Director
2003
Brother Bear
Supervising Animator
2002
Lilo & Stitch
Character Designer