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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 26, 1968 (57)
- Misawa, Japan
- Director, actor, producer and writer
- 16 on MovieCove
What are Byron Howard's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 8 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 6
Gentle 1 · Charged 7 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 5
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Byron Howard's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (15).
- Zootopia (2016) · actor, director, writer
- Tangled (2010) · actor, director
- Lilo & Stitch (2002) · character designer
- Zootopia 2 (2025) · actor, director, writer
- Tangled Ever After (2012) · actor, director, writer
- Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022) · producer
- Encanto (2021) · director, writer
- Brother Bear (2003) · supervising animator
- Frozen II (2019) · producer
- Bolt (2008) · director
- Lego Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem (2026) · creator
- Iwájú (2024) · producer
- +3 more
Subscription and free streaming for Byron Howard's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Zootopia 2(2025)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Pluribus(2025)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Iwájú(2024)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Zootopia+(2022)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Encanto(2021)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Frozen II(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Zootopia(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Tangled Ever After(2012)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Tangled(2010)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Super Rhino(2009)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Bolt(2008)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Brother Bear(2003)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Lilo & Stitch(2002)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 2002 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Zootopia 2 (2025)
Highest rated
Zootopia (2016)
Most popular right now
Zootopia 2 (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 Oscars and 4 BAFTA Awards from 11 major nominations, 2009–2026.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Children's & Family Film
- Oscar, won · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Animated Feature Film
- Oscar, won · Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, won · BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Feature Film
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature
- Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Byron Howard's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 78/100 and the pacing 61/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Byron Howard's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Byron Howard work with?
People who share at least 2 of Byron Howard's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jared Bush shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Jared BushShared titles: Zootopia 2 (2025), Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022), Zootopia+ (2022), Encanto (2021), Zootopia (2016)See all 5 shared titles with Jared Bush
- Nathan GrenoShared titles: Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled (2010), Super Rhino (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Nathan Greno
Writers
- Jennifer LeeShared titles: Zootopia 2 (2025), Zootopia+ (2022), Encanto (2021), Frozen II (2019), Zootopia (2016)See all 5 shared titles with Jennifer Lee
- Josie TrinidadShared titles: Zootopia+ (2022), Zootopia (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Josie Trinidad
- Jacob GrimmShared titles: Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Jacob Grimm
- Wilhelm GrimmShared titles: Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Wilhelm Grimm
Actors
- Jason BatemanShared titles: Zootopia 2 (2025), Zootopia (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Bateman
- Bonnie HuntShared titles: Zootopia+ (2022), Zootopia (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Bonnie Hunt
- Mandy MooreShared titles: Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Mandy Moore
- Paul F. TompkinsShared titles: Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Paul F. Tompkins
Composers and editors
- Tim MertensShared titles: Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled (2010), Bolt (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Mertens
- Germaine FrancoShared titles: Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022), Encanto (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Germaine Franco
- Jeff DraheimShared titles: Zootopia+ (2022), Frozen II (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Draheim
- Michael GiacchinoShared titles: Zootopia+ (2022), Zootopia (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Giacchino
Producers
- John LasseterShared titles: Zootopia (2016), Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled (2010), Super Rhino (2009), Bolt (2008)See all 5 shared titles with John Lasseter
- Clark SpencerShared titles: Encanto (2021), Zootopia (2016), Super Rhino (2009), Bolt (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Clark Spencer
- Yvett MerinoShared titles: Zootopia 2 (2025), Encanto (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Yvett Merino
- Nathan CurtisShared titles: Zootopia+ (2022), Encanto (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Nathan Curtis
Mixed roles
- Chris WilliamsShared titles: Super Rhino (2009), Bolt (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Williams
