
Byron Howard
Known For
Directing
Born
1968-12-26 in Misawa, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Byron Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For

Zootopia 2
as Berthold Hufschmerz / Bucky / Joel (voice)

Zootopia
as Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

Tangled
as Guard 2 / Thug 2 (voice)

Zootopia+
as Bucky Oryx-Antlerson (voice)

Tangled Ever After
as Lantern Wrangler / Chef (voice)

Untangled: The Making of a Fairy Tale
as Self

Imagining Zootopia
as Self

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

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