Don Hall (filmmaker)

Don Hall
Born	Glenwood, Iowa
Alma mater	University of Iowa
Occupation	Film director, writer
Employer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Notable work	Winnie the Pooh Big Hero 6

Don Hall is an American film director and writer at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is known for co-directing Winnie the Pooh (2011), and Big Hero 6 (2014), which was inspired by the Marvel Comics of the same name. Big Hero 6 won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2015.

Don is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a bachelor of fine arts degree in drawing and painting.

Filmography

Director

• Winnie the Pooh (2011) (story, co-director with Stephen J. Anderson)
• Big Hero 6 (2014) (co-director with Chris Williams, creative leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Himself

• Janela Indiscreta (2011)
• The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
• Made in Hollywood (2011, 2014)
• Film 2015 (2015)
• Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2015)
• 87th Academy Awards (2015)

Other

• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (1994) (animator)
• Al Tudi Tuhak (1999) (special thanks)
• Tarzan (1999) (story)
• The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (writer: additional story material, story artist)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (additional story artist)
• Brother Bear (2003) (writer: additional story)
• Home on the Range (2004) (additional story - uncredited)
• Chicken Little (2005) (character designer, story artist)
• Meet the Robinsons (2007) (writer, head of story, voice of Gym Coach & Uncle Gaston)
• Bolt (2008) (special thanks)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) (writer: story supervisor, story, voice of Darnell)
• Zootopia (2016) (creative leadership: Walt Disney Animation Studios)
• Moana (2016)

Collaborators

• Stephen J. Anderson, who worked with Hall on a number of Disney features, includes co-directing Winnie the Pooh.
• Mark Dindal, who he work with in The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little

External links

• Don Hall at the Internet Movie Database