
Byron Howard
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 26, 1968
- Birthplace
- 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 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

Super Rhino TBA
Executive Producer

LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem 2026
Creator

Zootopia 2 2025
as Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice), Director

LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite 2025
Creator

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl 2022
Executive Producer

Encanto 2021
Story, Director

Frozen II 2019
Executive Producer

Imagining Zootopia 2016
as Self

Zootopia 2016
as Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice), Director, Story

Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 2015
as Himself

Tangled Ever After 2012
as Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice), Director, Writer

Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale 2011
as Self

Tangled 2010
as Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice), Director

Super Rhino 2009
Executive Producer

Bolt 2008
Director

The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' 2004
as Self

Brother Bear 2003
Supervising Animator

Lilo & Stitch 2002
Character Designer
Credits from TMDB.