Donald Lee Hall (born March 8, 1969) is an American animation film director, voice actor and screenwriter who is best known for directing the films Winnie the Pooh (2011), Big Hero 6 (2014), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Strange World (2022), and co-directing the film Moana (2016) for Walt Disney Animation Studios. For his work on Big Hero 6, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and was again nominated for Raya and the Last Dragon.
In June 2024, Hall was announced to have joined Skydance Animation to develop and produce an original animated film for the studio.
Early life Hall was born in 1969 in Glenwood, Iowa. He graduated from Glenwood Community High School.
Hall graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and from the California Institute of the Arts with a degree in character animation. He began working for Walt Disney Animation Studios at the age of 25.
Filmography Feature films YearFilmCredited as Director Writer ExecutiveProducer Head ofStory StoryArtist Other Voice Role Notes 1999 Tarzan 2000 The Emperor's New Groove Additional Story Material 2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Additional Story Artist 2003 Brother Bear Additional Story 2005 Chicken Little Character Designer 2007 Meet the Robinsons Coach/Gaston Framagucci 2008 Bolt Special Thanks 2009 The Princess and the Frog Darnell Artistic Supervisor - Story 2010 Tangled Disney Story Trust - uncredited 2011 Winnie the Pooh 2012 Wreck-It Ralph 2013 Frozen 2014 Big Hero 6 Creative Leadership 2016 Zootopia Moana 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet 2019 Frozen II 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Encanto 2022 Strange World 2023 Wish 2024 Moana 2 Creative Leadership, Special Thanks - Gratitude (as "Don") Untitled Skydance Animation project
Short films Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Notes 2017 Gone Fishing 2022 Baymax! Also creatorDisney+ Original Short Films
Awards and nominations Won (2015) – Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Big Hero 6 (2015) – Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature for Big Hero 6
Nominations (2008) – Annie Award for Storyboarding in a Feature Production for Meet the Robinsons (2012) – Gold Derby Award for Animated Feature for Winnie the Pooh (2012) – Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production for Winnie the Pooh (2012) – Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production for Winnie the Pooh (2015) – Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production for Big Hero 6 (2015) – Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6 (2015) – BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6 (2015) – Cinema Bloggers Award, Portugal for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6 (2015) – Crítici de Cinema Online Portugueses Award for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6 (2015) – Gold Derby Award for Animated Feature for Big Hero 6 (2017) – Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Animated Film for Moana (2022) – Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Raya and the Last Dragon
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