Byron Howard
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.
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Most directed genres
Recurring actors
The career in numbers
- US$ 860 mi Total budget from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 4.1 bi Total box office from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 172 mi Average budget from 5 film(s) with data
- US$ 811 mi Average box office from 5 film(s) with data
- 7.4 Average rating from 6 film(s) with data
- 4.7× Return on investment from 5 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zootopia 2
|
2025 | US$ 150 mi | US$ 1.9 bi | 7.7 |
Encanto
|
2021 | US$ 150 mi | US$ 261 mi | 7.6 |
Zootopia
|
2016 | US$ 150 mi | US$ 1.0 bi | 7.8 |
Tangled Ever After
|
2012 | — | — | 7.1 |
Tangled
|
2010 | US$ 260 mi | US$ 592 mi | 7.6 |
Bolt
|
2008 | US$ 150 mi | US$ 310 mi | 6.6 |
