MediaNotes / Noteworthy Disney Staff

We all love Disney's enormous selection of classic films and characters, but without these people, we might not have ever gotten all of those classics made! So here's a veritable pantheon of notable Disney staff, past and present, for your reading pleasure.

Compare to Noteworthy Fleischer Staff, Noteworthy Looney Tunes Staff and Noteworthy MGM Cartoon Staff.

Names boldened are Disney Legends who received the award while still alive; names boldened and italicized are Disney Legends who received the award posthumously.

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Chuck Abbott: One of Disneyland's foremost Attractions Hosts.
J. J. Abrams: The leader of Bad Robot Productions and the director of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker. Also the creator of Lost for ABC.
Tom Adair: Composed the songs for Sleeping Beauty.
Nancy Adams: Sung the "Love" song during Robin Hood (1973) and Maid Marian's walk through Sherwood Forest.
Walter Afanasieff: Recording arranger who was part of the production of the signature songs that Peabo Bryson sung for Beauty And The Beast and Aladdin.
David Agnew: President of Walt Disney Records.
Juliet Aires: Story consultant on Tarzan.
Milt Albright: Accountant, designer, and manager for Disney parks.
James Algar: Animator on Snow White, the animation director of The Sorceror's Apprentice segment of Fantasia, and directed sequences in Bambi and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.
Bob Allen: Vice president of Walt Disney World from 1977 to 1987.
Lewis M Allen: One of the Hollywood producer's later projects was Never Cry Wolf, the first film released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner (but without the iconic Cinderella's Castle logo; that didn't come until after the Management shift that let Eisner, Katzenberg, and Wells into Disney, and it premiered with The Black Cauldron.
Tim Allen: Not to be confused with the actor, he's been an animator for several Disney films from the 90's and onward, including working on Gaston for Beauty and the Beast, Pumbaa for The Lion King, Kuzco for The Emperor's New Groove, and Tiana for The Princess and the Frog.
Roger Allers: Animator who co-directed The Lion King (1994) with Rob Minkoff.
Wayne Allwine: The official voice of Mickey Mouse from 1977-2009.
Hal Ambro: A major animator during Walt's time; from 1946's Make Mine Music to 1967's The Jungle Book (1967), he worked on all the classic films including Cinderella (1950), Peter Pan (1953), Lady and the Tramp and Mary Poppins.
Hideo Amemiya: Served in executive positions at Disney resorts in Japan.
Bill Anderson: Produced a handful of Disney live-action films, and served on Disney's board of directors.
Ken Anderson: Art director on Snow White, designed Shere Khan and Elliot, and production designer on Sleeping Beauty (1959), One Hundred And One Dalmatians and The Aristocats.
Kristen Anderson and Robert Lopez: Wife-and-husband composer duo who made the music of Winnie the Pooh (2011) and Frozen, the former of which had Kristen voice Kanga (her husband Robert is also one of the main minds behind Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, the latter of which was his first association with Josh Gad, who was in Frozen. Their next project is Disney's Bob The Musical. They later went on to co-write songs for Frozen II and WandaVision.
Stephen Anderson: Director of Meet the Robinsons and story supervisor of Brother Bear.
Wes Anderson: Directed a few film that were released by Touchstone.
Henry Andersson: Current captain of the Disney Dream ship.
Mark Andrews: Pixar employee who directed Brave after Brenda Chapman.
Angel Angelopoulos: Helped market Disney in Greece and the Mediterranean countries, establish the California Institute for the Arts.
Francisco Angones: Co-creator of DuckTales (2017).
Ken Annakin: Director of two live-action Disney films.
Tony Anselmo: The current voice of Donald Duck, having been so since 1985, and even before that, animating the duck in Mickey's Christmas Carol and then in The Prince and the Pauper.
Ruben Aquino: Animator who worked on Ursula in The Little Mermaid, he sadly got laid off in 2013 alongside Ranieri.
Hideo 'Indian' Aramaki: Trained many chefs for Tokyo Disneyland.
Roone Arledge: President of ABC Sports from 1968 to 1986, president of ABC News from 1977 to 1998.
Harry Arends: Writer and producer for the Disney Sing-Along Songs home video series.
Frank Armitage: Noted Disney architect and Imagineer; he passed away on Jan 7, 2016.
Sam Armstrong: Storyman and background artist from 1934 to 1941, director of Fantasia.
Michael Arndt: Screenwriter for Toy Story 3 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens who also contributed extra story material to Brave and Inside Out.
Bonnie Arnold: Animation vet who produced Toy Story and Tarzan (1999). She moved to DreamWorks Animation in the mid-2000s alongside Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois and produced the How to Train Your Dragon films, becoming co-president of their feature animation field following the firing of Bill Damaschke.
Susan Arnold: Board member at Disney.
Howard Ashman: Songwriter who was suggested for the studio by Katzenberg's friend and future business partner David Geffin, who oversaw Little Shop Of Horror, which Ashman co-wrote alongside Alan Menken (ironically, another Disney alumni, Peter Schneider, was also a part of that production). He teamed up with Menken for the first few films of the Disney Renaissance, but died before production on Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin could be completed.
Xavier 'X' Atencio: Inbetweener and assistant animator on Fantasia. He also wrote the scripts for the original Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion attractions, as well as writing Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me and Grim Grinning Ghosts.
Hugh Attwooll: Worked on a number of live-action Disney films.
Oren Aviv: A past marketing chief of the studio.

Arthur "Art" Babbitt: Most known for turning Goofy into the character we all know and love. He also animated such characters as the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Geppetto in Pinocchio (1940), the mushrooms in the Nutcracker Suite scene of Fantasia, and the stork in Dumbo—as well as contributed to the disastrous 1941 Disney studio strike, which led to his termination and feud with Walt and his family that went on until the 90's.
Bob Bacon: Former Disney executive; now the boss of Alpha Group's Alpha Animation.
Dale Baer: An animator who joined in the 1970s animating on Robin Hood (1973) and The Rescuers before becoming a freelancer after the production of Pete's Dragon (1977) and forming his own animation studio in 1987, The Baer Animation Company. Efforts during this period include Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown, The Smurfs (1981), Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Last Action Hero, Species (as an animation consultant for Boss Film Studios), and many of Disney's later efforts such as The Lion King (1994), Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Princess and the Frog and Moana. He would pass away at the age of 70 in 2021, after completing animation for The Bob's Burgers Movie.
Grace Bailey: Oversaw and developed Disney's inking and painting.
Sean Bailey: The current president of production at Walt Disney Pictures.
Robert L Baird: One of the screenwriters for Big Hero 6.
Buddy Baker: Composed over two-hundred scores for films, shorts, and Disneyland attractions.
Tom Bancroft: Animator during the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Mushu.
Tony Bancroft: Animator during the Disney Renaissance (supervising animator of Pumbaa and Kronk) and twin brother of Tom Bancroft; One of the co-directors of Mulan (1998).
Milt Banta: One of the story writers for Sleeping Beauty.
Carl Barks: Started as an inbetweener and storyman, but later went on to work of his beloved Donald Duck comic books, as well as create Scrooge McDuck and the Disney Ducks Comic Universe.
Ferrell Barron: The producer of Planes: Fire & Rescue.
Sid Bass: Became the majority stockholder of Disney in the '80s and was directly responsible for Eisner's rise. The 9/11 attacks forced him to sell out.
Kathleen Battle: Sung a soprano vocal at the end of the Pomp & Circumstance number in Fantasia 2000.
James Baxter: Animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit primarily Roger, Jessica, and the weasels, animator of Ariel and King Triton on The Little Mermaid, supervising animator on Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Rafiki from The Lion King (1994), and Quasimodo on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and later directed the animated sequences from Enchanted.
Tony Baxter: Former senior vice president of Disney Imagineering, which involved him overseeing construction of Journey into Imagination, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, Splash Mountain, The Indiana Jones Adventure, and Disneyland Paris among other projects.
Christophe Beck: Music composer who has several Disney movies and shorts to his name.
Neil Beckett: Legend in Merchandise.
Ford Beebe: One of the writers for Fantasia.
Regina Belle: Performed "A Whole New World" for the closing credits of Aladdin with Peabo Bryson. This is the second song Belle recorded with Bryson; they previously did "Without You" for the infamous Leonard Part 6 5 years earlier.
Tom Bergeron: The current host of ABC's Dancing with the Stars and America's Funniest Home Videos.
Ram Bergman: Hollywood screenwriter who is writing Star Wars Episodes VIII & IX.
Rune Brandt Bennicke: Major character designer on ''Brother Bear'. He animated Tug & Koda's mother in this film.
Alan Bergman: President of the Walt Disney Studios.
Ted Berman: One of the co-directors of The Black Cauldron. He had retired from Disney prior to the 1984 management shift, and the film's failure ensured he would stay retired.
Antonio Bertini: Helped market Disney in Italy.
John Beug: Former vice president of Walt Disney Records.
Armand Bigle: Helped market Disney in Europe and many other countries.
Brad Bird: A graduate of CalArts' first generation, Brad's tenure at Disney was brief before going to have an illustrious career working on The Simpsons and The Iron Giant. He became director of The Incredibles 1, Ratatouille,Tomorrowland, and Incredibles 2.
John Blackburn: The CEO of Avalanche Software, which is owned by Disney; they are the ones behind Disney Infinity.
Lee Blair: The husband of Mary Blair and the younger brother of Preston Blair, he was an artist at Disney.
Mary Blair: The wife of Disney artist Lee Blair, her work first got Walt's attention during the South America tour that begat Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros. Her unique, colorful designs can be seen on The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Song of the South, Melody Time, Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). Also designed the "It's a Small, Small World" ride.
Preston Blair: An animator for Disney, later famous for the animation he did for the girl from Tex Avery's "Red Hot Riding Hood".
Aaron Blaise: Animator during the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Rajah in Aladdin, Yao and the Ancestors in Mulan (1998), and young Nala in The Lion King . Co-director of Brother Bear.
Baker Bloodworth: Associate producer on Pocahontas.
Stuart 'Stu' Bloomberg: Major force at ABC during the late 90's, but this was when the network was slumping. In 2001, he got hailed by a San Francisco columnist as the "worst executive of the year" when Millionaire's strength started to really ebb and sent ABC back into the hole, prompting Disney to fire him only days after he signed an expensive contract with them (which they had to eat). ABC's severe slump became one of the factors in Eisner following Bloomberg out the door a few years later.
Don Bluth: Got his start as an assistant animator on Sleeping Beauty (1959), did animation for Robin Hood (1973) and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, and was the directing animator for The Rescuers. Directed The Small One and was animation director on Pete's Dragon (1977) before leaving.
Toby Bluth: The late brother of Don Bluth, who worked on a handful of Disney Theme Park attractions and a few Disneytoon productions such as Mickey, Donald & Goofy: The Three Musketeers.
Jasper Blystone: Assistant director on The Reluctant Dragon.
Wally Boag: Disneyland performer known for his roles in the Golden Horseshoe Revue and The Enchanted Tiki Room who was attached to the character of Tigger in Winnie The Pooh and the Blustery Day, but got replaced by Paul Winchell. Was also something of a mentor to comedian Steve Martin.
James Bobin: The director of the two Muppets films done by Disney in The New 10's (the first of which introduced their current film logo), and Alice Through the Looking Glass.
George Bodenheimer: Executive chairman of ESPN.
James Bodrero: One of the writers of The Three Caballeros.
Kirk Bodyfelt: Assistant artistic coordinator on Atlantis: The Lost Empire and primary artistic coordinator on Brother Bear.
Stephen 'Steve' Bollenbach: A former executive who started with serving ice cream at Disneyland and in the 80's and early 90's worked for Marriott, Holiday Inn and Donald Trump before working at Disney for a year and helping with the ABC takeover. He left the next year and joined Hilton. Bollenbach died in 2016.
Carl Bongirno: Imagineer who oversaw the growth and development of Disney's theme parks through the 1980s.
Bob Booth: Disney Imagineer who helped set up the Manufacturing and Production Organization, or MAPO, which was responsible for research and development for Disney productions, which he led from 1965 to 1985.
Steve Bornstein: Ex-CEO of ESPN, now at Activision.
Bolhem Bouchiba: Supervising animator for "evil genius" Dr. Jumba, the creator of Stitch in Lilo & Stitch.
Charles Boyer: Drew art for Disneyland.
Jack Bradbury: An animator who worked on some of the key scenes in the first Disney Animated Classics. Bradbury was one of the animators against Walt in the 1941 strike, and left and moved to Leon Schlesinger Productions for a while, but he eventually became one of the few strikers to return to Disney full-time on a handful of books, though he cut back in 1970 after eye problems.
Matt Braly: Creator of Amphibia and director on Gravity Falls.
Lloyd Braun: Boss of ABC for the late 90's and early 2000's, when the network was really struggling; this struggle earned Braun the title of "worst executive of the year" in 2001 from the San Francisco News. Braun DID pitch Lost and Desperate Housewives, but they were too little, too late to save his ABC career or Michael Eisner's Disney career when the problems hit their boiling point in 2004.
Alan N Braverman: Senior executive vice president and general counsel for Disney.
Marc Breaux: One of the choreographers on Mary Poppins.
Brad Breeck: Music composer for Gravity Falls.
Lylle Breier: Senior vice president of global marketing partnerships and strategic alliances, promotions, synergy and special effects at the Walt Disney Studios.
Lynwen Brennan: The executive vice president and general manager of Lucasfilm.
Tom Brevoort: Executive editor and senior vice president of publishing at Marvel Worldwide.
Randy Bright: Vice president of development for shows and attractions at Disneyland.
Homer Brightmen: One of the writers of The Three Caballeros.
Jon Brion: The composer for the Pixar short The Blue Umbrella.
Paul Brizzi and Gaetan Brizzi: French twins who were two of the directors of Fantasia 2000.
Jason Brodkey: The producer of the Pixar/Inside Out short Riley's First Date?
Roger Broggie: The original Imagineer, Broggie helped make special effects and model trains prior to Disneyland's conception. Most notably, he and Wathel Rogers invented the audio-animatronic.
Yefim Bronfman: Played the piano for the Piano Concerto No. 2 number in Fantasia 2000.
Bob Broughton: Camera effects artist to nearly every Disney motion picture from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 to The Black Hole in 1979.
Bruce Broughton: Composed the score for The Rescuers Down Under.
Jerry Bruckheimer: Film producer who helms the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and several other movies.
Peabo Bryson: The male vocalist on the end-credits versions of the songs "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World", which he won Grammys for.
Stuart Buchanan: Disney animation staff member who voiced the Huntsman in Snow White, as well as Goofy on the Mickey Mouse radio show.
Chris Buck: Longtime animator who co-directed Tarzan, Frozen, and Wish.
Dan Buckley: Publisher and chief operating officer at Marvel Worldwide.
Ken Bunt: President of the Disney Music Group, which includes Walt Disney Records. Hollywood Records, and Disney Music Publishing.
Dave Burgess: Disney Renaissance animator; he worked on Tarzan and Hunchback (the latter had him as the supervising animator of the Archdeacon).
Steve Burke: Joined Disney in 1992 and helped with the development of The Disney Store prior to the Euro Disney project. After getting put on ABC, he resigned and moved to the Comcast cable company, which attempted to take over the Walt Disney Company in 2004 but failed, instead merging with Universal; Burke took over the doddering NBC in 2011 and is their current CEO.
Harriet Burns: First woman Imagineer.
Tim Burton: Hired to be part of the concept staff on The Black Cauldron; the experience led to him bolting from Disney before the 1984 management shift. He also made two short films at Disney, Vincent and Frankenweenie, and has directed films for Disney since the early 90's; a live-action version of Dumbo is his current project.
Ben Burtt: Sound designer for the Star Wars movie and the man who gave the vocal effects to the character of WALL•E.
Jared Bush: Co-creator of Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, writer/director of Zootopia, writer of Moana, and writer/director of ''Encanto. Has succeeded Jennifer Lee as head of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Cheryl Butler: Started off as a 19-year old merchandise cashier in the Emporium gift shop on opening day (October 1, 1971) at Walt Disney World in Florida, and as a result was the first Disney cast member to sell a guest a souvenir on that day. Worked her way into merchandise management, specializing in innovating and reorganizing how Disney merchandise was advertised, presented (and conceived of in the first place). Two years before she officially retired, she "demoted" herself — and took a massive pay cut in the process — from management in order to return to being a sales associate. She wanted to spend the last years of her career interacting with Disney guests, and that's just what she did.
Hendel Butoy: One of the directors of Fantasia 2000; also co-directed The Rescuers Down Under.

Salvatore 'Tutti & Toots' Camarata: The man who founded Disneyland Records and supervised several recordings of classic Disney soundtracks.
James Cameron: Famed director who helmed the Avatar films, which Disney acquired after buying 20th Century Fox. He also worked with Disney on Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World.
Jean Francois Camilleri: The executive vice president and general manager of the Disneynature film banner.
John Canemaker: Independent animator who has provided commentary on several Disney DVD releases.
Gaudenzio Capelli: Helped market Disney in Italy.
Thomas Cardone: Co-art director on The Emperor's New Groove.
Joyce Carlson: Helped design the It's a Small World attraction.
Fox Carney: Manager of the Animation Research Library.
MT Carney: Marketing executive who created the campaign for John Carter. When that movie bombed, she was asked to resign.
John Carnochan: Editor on several Disney Animated Classics in the early 90's, and followed Katzenberg to DreamWorks afterward.
Randy Cartwright: Animator who has worked with Disney on-and-off; supervising animator of Chief and adult Copper in The Fox and the Hound, and the Magic Carpet in Aladdin.
Enrico Casarosa: The director of the Pixar Mini Classic La Luna.
Ed Catmull: One of Pixar's notable members, he's the current head of animation at Disney.
Don Chaffey: The live-action director of Pete's Dragon.
Marge Champion: Actress, dancer, and choreographer for various Disney works.
Chen Yi Chang: Character design supervisor for Mulan.
Bob Chapek: Succeeded Tom Staggs as the boss of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts when Staggs became president and Chief Operating Officer. Was the CEO of Disney after being instated as such in February 2020, but was removed in November 2022 after numerous controversies and dubious decisions, including his failure to condemn homophobic Florida legislation in a timely manner, led to a worrying quarterly.
Brenda Chapman: Animator who has worked on-and-off for Disney, first as a story artist on Beauty And The Beast and The Lion King, and then as a creative force at Pixar following a stint at DreamWorks; she directed Brave, but transferred to ILM to get out of Disney, only to transfer back to DreamWorks when Disney bought ILM that month (although she finished up work she did at ILM).
The Brothers Chaps: Did writing for a few Disney Cartoons (Mostly Wander Over Yonder and Gravity Falls), as well as made their own series of shorts for Disney XD called Two More Eggs
Nitin Chawla: Vice president of Playmation.
Ray Chew: The band leader on Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
Claudio Chiaromonte: Executive VP and managing director of The Walt Disney Company.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The orchestra responsible for the music of Fantasia 2000.
Daniel Chong: Story artist on multiple Pixar films, currently directing the upcoming Hoppers.
Steven Chorney: Designed the poster for Who Framed Roger Rabbit amongst other Disney designs.
Frank Churchill: Music composer during the 1930's and early '40's. Composed songs for Snow White, Alice in Wonderland (1951) Dumbo and Bambi.
Bob Clampett: He didn't work in Disney's animation department (although he wanted to), but he and his grandma did help make one of the earliest Mickey Mouse dolls. He and Walt Disney would become friends later in life.
Larry Clemmons: Story animator at Disney; two of his works are Robin Hood and The Rescuers, and he's one of the screenwriters for The Reluctant Dragon.
Rebecca Cline: Director of the Walt Disney Archives.
Harry Clork: One of the screenwriters for The Reluctant Dragon.
Claude Coats: Background painter, who worked on Snow White, Fantasia, Dumbo, Saludos Amigos, Make Mine Music, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella (1950), and Peter Pan (1953). Became a notable Imagineer during Disneyland's construction as a ride developer. Known for being very tall but a Gentle Giant.
Pam Coats: Producer of Mulan (1998).
Tom Codrick: One of the art directors on The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia.
Tom Cohen: VP of production at Marvel.
Eric Coleman: Senior vice president of Disney Television Animation.
Greg Coleman: VP of marketing at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon Studios Worldwide.
James 'Jim' Coleman: Longtime animator at Disney who did background and color styling from The Rescuers to Beauty And The Beast. He eventually resigned from the studio to pursue a career in fine art, which saw him mixing Disney characters with.
Michael Colglazier: The current president of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
Lindsey Collins: The producer of Andrew Stanton's films since Wall*E. Not to be confused with the late Lindsay Collins, who was male and ironically was a marine biologist who died one year before Finding Dory.
Lyndsey Collins: The producer of Finding Dory.
Pinto Colvig: Storyman at Disney, and the original voice of Goofy and Pluto. He co-directed Mickey's Amateurs.
Roy Conli: Producer of several Disney Animated Classics such as Big Hero 6.
Del Connell: One of the writers of The Three Caballeros.
Regina Conroy: Disney Animation short film producer; one of her works is The Ballad Of Nessie.
Barry Cook: Co-director of Mulan (1998).
Dick Cook: Marketing mastermind who succeeded Peter Schneider as studio head, he spearheaded a revival of Disney's movie business. He now sits on Legendary Pictures's board and started his own studio a la Katzenberg and Roth in 2015.
Josh Cooley: Director of Toy Story 4. Also one of the screenwriters for Inside Out and the director of the followup short Riley's First Date?.
James Cora: In charge of managing and planning for Disney's international parks.
Robert Cormack: A major art director in Fantasia, dealing with the Toccata and Fugue and Nutcracker Suite numbers.
William Cottrell: Animator who was one of the sequence directors on Walt Disney's Signature Classic, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, also of the screenwriters for The Reluctant Dragon.
Ivo Coveney: Lead costume and specialist costume designer, works for Disney and Industrial Light and Magic and has most notably created the Darth Vader suit, all of Amidala's wardrobe, and the Ant-Man suit.
Jim Cox: One of the animation screenplay writers for The Rescuers Down Under.
Wes Craven: The director of the classic Scream trilogy, which was originally distributed by the Walt Disney company in the 1990's after Jeffrey Katzenberg had made a deal with production company Miramax Films/Dimension Films, who made these movies.
Robert Crawford: Wrote the U.S. Air Force/United Nations jingle in The Rescuers.
Richard Creedon: One of the story writers for Snow White.
Meg Crofton: President of Disney Theme Park's U.S. and France operations.
Rolly Crump: Major Imagineer who designed a good chunk of Disneyland attractions and shops, including It's a Small World.
James "Shamus" Culhane: A former Fleischer animator who came to the studio after Walt was impressed by his work. His most pivotal work is the iconic "Heigh-Ho" sequence of Snow White.
Brian Cummings: Announcer on Walt Disney Home Video.
Dean Cundey: Cinematographer for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Parent Trap remake, and directed Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, which is his only directing job and the third and final Honey film; this one was sent Direct-to-Video, was the first live-action Direct-to-Video film from Disney, and was the last appearance of Rick Moranis in a live-action role to date.
Michael Curry: Puppet designer who was contracted to build and design puppets for The Lion King on Broadway and has built stuff for numerous Disney parades and shows since, such as Tapestry of Nations, Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade, and Rivers of Light.

Don Da Gradi: Screenwriter of several films, most notably Mary Poppins.
Salvador Dalí: Alright, this is a stretch, as he didn't actually work for Disney so much as he did a collaboration with Walt on his animation project "Destino"—which wasn't finished until 2003.
Ann Daly: Executive in charge of Walt Disney Home Video. She left the company in 1997 and was with Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation until 2016, when both had to walk away for the most part after DWA's sale to Comcast/Universal.
Bill Damaschke: The longtime DreamWorks Animation supremo and Chief Creative Officer until their rut in The New Ten's started out as an office assistant on Pocahontas (which he was credited on; it's the only time he worked with Disney before he became a major opponent to them) prior to joining DreamWorks the year that film was released, where he would be until 2015.
Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna: Composer brothers who scored Pixar's The Good Dinosaur; Mychael also scored its opening act short Sanjay's Super Team.
Glen Daum: The composer of the orchestral music for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
Mack David: One of the music composers for Cinderella (1950).
Basil Davidovich: Animator during Walt's life and Reithermann's tenure.
Michael Davies: The showrunner and executive producer of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for its first decade.
Marvin Davis: Master planner for Disneyland, later helped direct Disney films and television series.
Virginia Davis: Child actress who tried out for roles in Snow White and Pinocchio, but didn't make the cut. She did have a stint in Disney's Ink and Paint division, which won her the second Disney Legend award in 1988 alongside Norman Palmer.
Dean DeBlois: Chris Sanders's partner who co-directed Lilo & Stitch and followed Sanders to DreamWorks Animation, directing the How to Train Your Dragon films for that company (the first with Sanders, the second and third animated films and even the live-action film solo).
John Debney: The music director for The Emperor's New Groove.
Bart Decrem: General manager of Disney Mobile.
Andreas Deja: Started at Disney as a concept artist for The Black Cauldron, animated Mickey in The Prince and the Pauper, and was the supervising animator for King Triton, Gaston, Jafar, Scar, Hercules, Lilo, Mama Odie, and, most recently, Tigger. Currently, he deals with some independent short film animation and maintains his own blog.
Ronnie Del Carmen: Co-director and one of the story writers for Inside Out.
Roberto De Leonardis: Helped translate various Disney films.
Peter Del Vecho: Producer of Frozen.
Merrill De Maris: Disney comic strip writer who was also part of the writing team of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Al Dempster: Animator and background artist who worked with Walt during The Golden Age of Animation, up until Walt's death; backrground supervisor of The Jungle Book.
Patrick Deremer: Musician who composed the Disney Sing-Along Songs theme.
Anthony De Rosa: Lead animator during the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Nakoma (Pocahontas), adult Nala (The Lion King), Lawrence (The Princess and the Frog), the Spring Sprite (Fantasia 2000), Zeus and Hera (Hercules) and Gaetan Molière (Atlantis: The Lost Empire).
Scott Derrickson: Marvel Cinematic Universe director.
Louis D Esposito: The co-president of Marvel Studios.
Kevin Deters: Animator at Disney who dealt with a few shorts including The Ballad Of Nessie and How To Hook Up Your Home Theaters.
Fabian Dib: The captain of the Disney Wonder ship.
Phil Dike: One of the story developers for the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor number in Fantasia.
Mark Dindal: Animator who was part of the Disney Renaissance; he's also the director of The Emperor's New Groove.
Pete Docter: One of the MVPs at Pixar, he's worked on their movies since the beginning and is the director behind hits Monsters, Inc. 1, Up, Inside Out and Soul (2020). Since 2018, he has been Pixar’s current Chief Creative Officer.
Ron Dominguez: Former vice president of Walt Disney Attractions.
Jack Donohue: Director who helmed Disney's version of Babes In Toyland.
Ben Donovan: Co-founder and president of the Maker Studios online company.
Jack Dorsey: Co-founder of Twitter and former board member at Disney (2013-18).
Ugo D'Orsi: One of the studio's first effects animators, best known for handling the water effects on "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on Fantasia.
Karen Dufilho: The producer of the Pixar mini classic Geri's Game.
Vicki Dummer: Executive vice president of Times Square Studios, which manages ABC's daytime shows except for Live with Kelly (Ripa).
Ken Duncan: Animator of the Disney Renaissance; he animated Jane Porter in Tarzan (1999), which included a very difficult continuous scene when it was improvised by Minnie Driver.
Ken Stuart Duncan: The supervising animator for Jane Porter in Tarzan.
Channing Dungey: President of ABC's drama division who became the president of ABC Entertainment Group on short notice in 2016.
Ava DuVernay: Director of A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

Eyvind Earle: Background artist and color stylist on such films as Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp. He is also credited with giving the 1959 animated feature Sleeping Beauty its medieval look. Earle first rose to prominence at the studio in 1953, when an animated short that he worked on, "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom", won both an Academy Award and a Cannes Film Festival Award.
Roger Ebert: A stretch; the famed critic worked for the Chicago Sun-Times, but his review show with Gene Siskel and then Richard Roeper was distributed by Disney.
Cyril Edgar: Helped market Disney in the United Kingdom.
Don Edgren: Imagineer who worked on structural design during construction of Walt Disney theme parks.
Russ Edmonds: The supervising animator for a lot of characters from the 2D Disney Animated Classics; one of them is Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Gareth Edwards: Director of Rogue One.
Ralph Eggleston: The production designer for Inside Out.
Michael Eisner: Previously the president of Paramount, he became the first "outside" (aka non-Disney) CEO of the studio in 1984 and is partly responsible for turning its fortunes around in the late 1980s/early 1990s and making it into the multimedia empire it is today. He was ultimately forced out of his job in 2005 by disgruntled shareholders after he spent over half a decade attempting to take a more hands-on approach in the studio's creative process amongst other issues.
Paul Ekman: Psychologist, emotion research expert, and founder of the Paul Ekman social group, he was a consultant for the Emotions of Inside Out.
Peter Ellenshaw: Major matte artist on Walt Disney's studio classics from 1949 to his retirement in 1979. Despite this, he would return to the industry briefly to assist his son Harrison on Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
Harlan Ellison: Worked as a script-writer. For less than one day. The story of his rather abrupt firing before his first day at work was even over has become a legend among both Disney fans and science fiction fans in general.
Greg Emmer: Retired senior vice president of operations at Disneyland Resort.
Otto Englander: Head of story direction on Dumbo.
Thom Enriquez: Directing animator for The Prince And The Pauper.
Bill Ernest: Managing director of Disney Parks & Resorts Asia.
Donald W Ernst: The primary editor for Ralph Bakshi's films in the 70's who moved from Bakshi to Walt Disney Feature Animation after the Management Shift and became a major helmer for Aladdin and Fantasia 2000.
Don Escen: Assistant to Roy O. Disney, in charge of Disney's financial affairs.
Judith Estrin: Board member at Disney.
Al Eugster: A former Fleischer veteran who migrated to Disney and specialized in animating the Donald Duck cartoons. He eventually returned to the Fleischer studio in 1940.

Sammy Fain: Wrote the Oscar-nominated "Someone's Waiting For You" from The Rescuers.
Becky Fallberg: Longtime Disney member, manager of the Ink and Paint Department from 1975 to 1986.
Andrea Favilli: The creator of the Disney Legends award.
Jon Favreau: The director of the first two Iron Man films, which kick-started the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Also directed the live-action version of The Jungle Book, and showruns The Mandalorian.
Brian Fee: A member of Pixar's senior creative team.
Kevin Feige: The president of Marvel Studios.
Wally Feignoux: Helped market Disney in France.
Paul Felix: Production designer for Lilo & Stitch.
Earl Felton: Screenwriter on 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
Andre Fenley: Assistant supervising sound editor of Lilo & Stitch.
Norman 'Norm' Ferguson: One of Disney's most loved animators, known for his excellent personality animation, as well as his contributions to the character of Pluto and his subsequent short subject series. Noteworthy work of his includes the famous flypaper scene from "Playful Pluto", the Witch from Snow White and Honest John and Gideon from Pinocchio (1940). Directing animator on Snow White and Peter Pan (1953).
Orlando Ferrante: Legend in Imagineering.
Leslie Ferraro: The president of Disney Consumer Products.
Bran Ferrin: Former president of research and development at Walt Disney Imagineering after his company was acquired by Disney in 1993. His team created ABC's curved ticker display in Times Square.
Rachel Field: Children's novelist who wrote the English lyrics for the closing "Ave Maria" number of Fantasia.
Dave Filoni: Supervising director & executive producer of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and all upcoming Star Wars animation projects.
Alan Fine: President of Marvel Entertainment.
Will Finn: Supervising animator for Cogsworth on Beauty and the Beast, Iago on Aladdin and Laverne on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Co-director of Home on the Range.
Oskar Fischinger: An abstract animator who briefly joined Disney and did work on the "Tocata and Fugue in D Minor" segment of Fantasia.
Tom Fitzgerald: Veteran Imagineer who now handles creative direction at Epcot. He is the one who wrote the iconic "If you can dream it, you can do it" line, which was originally used in the 1980s for Horizons, long after Walt had died.
Frode Fjellheim: Norwegian musician who composed the opening music to Frozen.
Jim Flamberg: One of the producers of the Toy Story soundtrack.
Richard Fleischer: A director who helmed a multitude of Disney films, the most notable being 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). He's the son of Fleischer studio founder Max Fleischer, who was a good rival of Disney's for the 1930s.
Shelby Flint: Sung the songs in The Rescuers.
Tracy Balthazor Flynn: The producer of Disneytoon's classic Planes.
Opetaia Foa'i: One of the songwriters for Moana.
Dan Fogelman: The screenwriter for Cars 1 and Tangled.
Didier Fouret: Helped publish Disney works in France.
Joe Fowler: Retired real admiral of the Navy who was the construction boss and then general manager for Disneyland, and then supervised the construction of Disney World.
Van France: Founder of the Disney University training program.
Pamela Mann Francis: Script supervisor on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Rich Franks: Disney executive who was sent out the door alongside Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Friz Freleng: Was an animator for Walt on the Oswald shorts.
Tony Fucile: The supervising animator for Esmeralda and Mufasa.
Randy Fullmer: Producer of The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little (2005), and artistic coordinator of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and The Lion King.

Mike Gabriel: Major force behind The Rescuers Down Under and a regular animator and art director at Disney.
Neil Gallagher: Imagineer, worked on the Enchanted Tiki Room ride, helped develop the Abraham Lincoln animatronic.
Roberts Gannaway: The director and lead writer of Planes: Fire & Rescue.
Robert S Garber: An associate producer on Mulan (1998).
William 'Bill' Garity: Inventor and technician who created the multiplane camera and the stereo system "Fantasound" at Disney.
Philippe Gas: The general manager of the upcoming Shanghai Disney Resort.
Tom Gately: Lead animator of Tanana in Brother Bear.
Kathleen Gavin: Associate producer on The Rescuers Down Under.
Michael Gelman: A producer on ABC's Live With Regis.
Mario Gentilini: Helped publish and edit Mickey Mouse's Topolino magazine in Italy.
Craig Gerber : Worked as an apprentice writer for the Disney Fairies franchise before creating the Disney Junior shows Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor.
Clyde Geronimi: Originally with the Lantz studio, he defected to Disney in 1931 and ascended to directing shorts, then becoming a co-director on the Disney Animated Classics from Cinderella to 101 Dalmatians (he actually walked away from Disney in 1959). He then worked on the Spider Man cartoon in the 60's before retiring.
Vance Gerry: One of the great Disney artists, working on a number of Disney Animated Classics.
Daniel Gerson: One of the screenwriters for Big Hero 6, and he worked on Monsters Inc. and Monsters University. Gerson died of cancer in 2016, a year that also claimed Carrie Fisher and many others.
Blaine Gibson: Inbetweener and assistant animator working on most features through 101 Dalmatians. Later became known as a key sculptor and modelmaker at Disneyland and other subsequent parks/resorts.
Charles Gibson: A major anchor on Good Morning America.
Philip Giffin: Composed the music for Darkwing Duck.
Frank Gifford: Husband of Kathie Lee Gifford who worked on Disney's Wide World of Sports.
Kathie Lee Gifford: Was Regis Philbin's co-host on the Live morning show (which was distributed by Buena Vista Television) until 2000.
Burt Gillett: Stuck with Disney in the early years, known for directing Mickey's Orphans, The Three Little Pigs, and Lonesome Ghosts. At one point he left Disney to work on Van Beuren Studios "Rainbow Parade" cartoons, but returned as soon as the studio shut down. He worked at the Walter Lantz studio in the late 30s before retiring from the business.
Terry Gilkyson: Composer of several songs on projects during Walt's life and Reithermann's tenure.
Tony Gilroy: Was brought in by Disney to help rewrite the final screenplay of Rogue One during the film's reshoots.
Harper Goff: Art director for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), later assisted in designing Disneyland.
Stanley Gold: Friend of Roy E. Disney and Disney executive who coordinated the "Save Disney" campaigns with him.
Eric Goldberg: After working for Richard Williams and running a commercials studio in England, came to Disney as supervising animator on Genie in Aladdin. Later animated Phil in Hercules, Louis in The Princess and the Frog and Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh (2011). Co-directed Pocahontas and directed the "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Carnaval of the Animals" segments on Fantasia 2000. Briefly worked at Warner Bros. as animation director on Looney Tunes: Back in Action, which ended up being a "That's All, Folks!" scenario for Warner Animation for about a decade. He recently headed the 2D animation for the short Get a Horse! and animated Maui's living tattoo in Moana.
Susan Mc Kinsey Goldberg: Art director for the Rhapsody in Blue number in Fantasia 2000.
Leonard Goldenson: Former president of ABC; he passed in 1999.
Gary Goldman: Leading animator on Robin Hood, The Rescuers, Pete's Dragon, and The Small One, he defected with Don Bluth and worked alongside him ever since.
Jerry Goldsmith: Composed the score for Mulan (1998).
James Goldston: President of ABC News.
Mike Golic: Co-host of Mike And Mike on ESPN Radio.
Ed Gombert: A longtime animator at Disney. In addition to working on a lot of the Disney Renaissance movies, he's also the author of the notorious fabricated memo written in Peter Schneider's name that changed the names of all the Disney Animated Classics in protest of The Great Mouse Detective's renaming, but he got his department in trouble instead when the bogus memo got to Jeffrey Katzenberg's desk and Jeffrey thought it was real.
Len Goodman: One of the judges on Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
Floyd Gottfredson: Got his start as an early Disney animator, but moved on to being the top artist for the Mickey Mouse comic strip for 45 years.
Yale Gracey: Writer, imagineer, and layout artist for several Disney films and theme park attractions
Don Graham: A critical figure in the development of Disney animation, Graham hosted "Action Analysis" classes daily for animators at Disney from 1932 to 1941, not only giving them formal art training, but also having them analyze live action film at different speeds, as well as critique their own shorts as a means of how to improve them. He would later publish his own art book, "Composing Pictures", which is highly valued by many veteran animators.
Joe Grant: Character designer and storyman at Disney during the early years of the Studios. He worked on such films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Saludos Amigos, Make Mine Music, and Alice in Wonderland (1951). He returned to working at the Studio to work on the visual development on Beauty and the Beast (1991) and was a story adviser on Pocahontas; he continued to be a part of the studio until his death in 2005 at the age of 97.
Michael Graves: Architect who designed the Swan & Dolphin hotels in Disney World, along with Disney's corporate headquarters in Burbank. He died in 2015.
Adam Green: Head of animation on the Mickey Mouse Mini Masterpiece, Get a Horse!.
Marc Greenberg: The producer of the Pixar short The Blue Umbrella.
Mike Greenberg: Major anchor at ESPN.
Nathan Greno: Disney Animation employee who co-directed Tangled.
Ed Grier: Longtime Disney executive who was president of the Disneyland Resort until 2009.
Ralph Grierson: Played the piano for the Rhapsody in Blue number in Fantasia 2000.
Don Griffith: Layout artist on the Disney films from Victory Through Air Power to The Black Cauldron.
Nicole Paradis Grindle: The producer of the Pixar short Sanjay's Super Team.
Milt Gross: Helped storyboard for The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.
Annie Guenther: Animator who reportedly inserted a shot of a bare-chested woman in a flying scene from The Rescuers; this shot was edited when it was discovered on the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection VHS version of the film.
Ralph J Guggenheim: Executive at Pixar.
James Gunn: Marvel Cinematic Universe director.
Bob Gurr: Imagineer who designed most of the ride vehicles at Disneyland.

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Don Hahn: Began working for Disney on Pete's Dragon. He also worked as associate producer on the animated sequences in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and later produced Beauty and the Beast (1991), The Lion King (1994), Fantasia 2000, The Emperor's New Groove, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and the executive producer of Waking Sleeping Beauty, the Disneynature movies, and the live-action Disney Animated Canon remake movies.
Helene Hahn: Feared attorney who represented Disney during Katzenberg's tenure at the company; also known as "Attila The Hahn".
Joe Hale: Animator who had worked with Walt Disney for a long time, and remained on past Walt's death. He was the producer of The Black Cauldron, and the movie's bombing and his nonchalant attitude about it to new boss Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had commented on Disney's luck of late ^note, led to Katzenberg firing Hale and ending both his long tenure at Disney Animation and his career; he promptly retired.
David Hall: Storyman who produced horrific story sketches and paintings for Alice in Wonderland (1951) and a few for Peter Pan (1953).
Don Hall: One of the co-directors for Big Hero 6.
Klay Hall: The director of Disneytoon Studios' Planes.
Russell Hall: Supervising animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
John Lee Hancock: Director who helmed three Disney Studios projects: The Rookie, The Alamo, and Saving Mr. Banks.
David Hand: The director of many of Disney's animal cartoons, and was the director of Snow White and Bambi. He would later go over to Europe to make the obscure, short lived Animaland cartoon series.
Jack Hannah: Began working as an inbetweener and clean-up artist on many early Mickey, Donald, and Silly Symphony cartoons. He was a key animator on the Academy Award winning film "The Old Mill".
Kirk Hansen: Story writer for the live-action scenes of Fantasia 2000.
Cynthia Hariss: Succeeded Paul Pressler as the boss of the Disney Theme Parks for a few years.
Leigh Harline: One of the music composers for Snow White.
Hugh Harman And Rudolph Ising: Two of Disney's top animators on the Oswald shorts. They would later go on to found the Warner Bros. animation studio, as well as MGM's animation department. They would also occasionally outsource some of their inkers and animators to Disney to help them out.
Don Harper: The conductor of the Disneynature jingle and Tarzan.
Susan Harris: The creator of Disney/Touchstone's classic show The Golden Girls starring Betty White, Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty.
Chris Harrison: The host of ABC's The Bachelor series and the current host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
David Hartley: The producer, arranger, and conductor of the "Perfect World" song, which opens and closes The Emperor's New Groove. Also arranged vocals for the credits song, "My Funny Friend and Me".
Shinji Hashimoto: The man who came up with the original concept for Kingdom Hearts I.
Bob Hathcock: The director and one of the producers of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, which had a key plot point recycled into Aladdin.
Emery Hawkins: Sporadically worked at Disney for very short periods of time. Did some animation for Dumbo.
Phil Hawley: Former senior director of Walt Disney Productions.
Randy Haycock: Animator from the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Clayton (Tarzan (1999)), Kida (Atlantis: The Lost Empire), Naveen (The Princess and the Frog), Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh (2011)), and young Hercules.
Roger Hector: Director of product development for Walt Disney Computer Software from 1989 to 1993.
Skarpi Hedinsson: The chief technology officer at Disney/ABC Television.
Thornton 'T.Hee' Hee: Worked for Disney as a caricaturist, stylist, director, and story artist. He co-directed the "Dance of the Hours" segment of Fantasia, directed the Honest John and Gideon sequence in Pinocchio (1940), and worked on story in Make Mine Music.
John Hench: Started in the Disney Story Department and later painted backgrounds for "The Nutcracker Suite" segment of Fantasia. He also worked on Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland.
Mark Henn: Animator who started at Disney during the Disney Renaissance; co-supervising animator of Ariel (with Glen Keane) and Belle (with James Baxter), and solo supervising animator of Dr. Dawson, Olivia Flaversham and Basil (The Great Mouse Detective); Oliver and Dodger (Oliver & Company); Bernard and Bianca (The Rescuers Down Under); Jasmine (Aladdin); young Simba (The Lion King), Hua Mulan and Hua Zhou (Mulan (1998)); Grace and Pearl (Home on the Range); Ronno (Bambi II); Tiana (The Princess and the Frog); and Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin (Winnie the Pooh (2011)'').
Jim Henson: The creator of The Muppets.
Winston Hibler: Story supervisor for Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day and the narrator on several Disney movies such as the True-Life Adventures.
Patricia Hicks: Associate producer on the Walt Disney Classic, The Emperor's New Groove, and the production manager on The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Arthur Hiller: The director did at least two films for Disney, the second of which was his final major film, Burn Hollywood Burn. This film killed both his career (along with Joe Eszterhas's) and the Alan Smithee alias, which he took in a botched attempt to disown it.
Alex Hirsch: Alumni of CalArts and the creator of critically acclaimed series Gravity Falls. He was also the voice actor for Stan Pines, Soos, Old Man McGucket and Bill Cipher. After the series ended, he wrote companion books Gravity Falls: Journal 3 and Gravity Falls: Lost Legends before going on to collaborate with his former crew member’s various projects, most notably voicing King in The Owl House.
David Hoberman: Producer who helmed a handful of Disney films; one of the most noteworthy is 2011's The Muppets (2011). He also co-created Monk, which Disney had a hand in.
Tim Hodge: Animator during the Disney Renaissance.
T Daniel Hofstedt: Animator who was part of the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Ben and Lon in Pocahontas, Mr. Arrow in Treasure Planet, and The Emperor in Mulan (1998).
Richard Hollander: The producer of the Pixar short Presto.
Dave Hollis: Publicity manager and vice president of Disney's theatrical endeavors.
Courtney Holt: The Chief Strategy Officer at Maker Studios.
Joseph Holt: Main art director for Paul Rudish's Mickey Mouse (2013).
Karl Holz: President of the Disney Cruise Line.
Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu: A major music player in Lilo & Stitch, providing the Hawaiian choir arrangements.
Graham Hopper: Former EVP/GM of Disney Interactive Studios.
Alan Horn: Succeeded Rich Ross as studio head, he is the current incumbent in the position.
James Horner: Music composer who has done a few Disney films, including The Rocketeer, which gave birth to one of his signature works that has become a movie trailer mainstay.
Julianne Hough: One of the judges on Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
Chris Houghton: Co-creator of Big City Greens.
Shane Houghton: Co-creator of Big City Greens.
Rita Hsiao: One of the screenwriters for Mulan.
Floyd Huddleston: Co-composed the "Love" song from Robin Hood.
Dick Huemer: Former Fleischer veteran who became a prominent animator, storyboard artist and writer for the studio throughout the decades. He even directed two shorts; "The Whalers" and "Goofy and Wilbur".
Earl Hurd: One of the silent cartoon animator's final works was Walt Disney's Masterpiece Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; he died three years after that film's theatrical release.
Albert Hurter: Animator and character designer. An experienced silent era animator, he joined Disney in 1931 and became the studio's first "inspirational artist" (what we now call a concept artist). Designed for various Silly Symphony and Mickey Mouse shorts, Snow White and Pinocchio.
Byron Howard: The eventual co-director of Bolt and then Tangled, Zootopia and Encanto.
Jeffrey M Howard: Screenwriter for Planes.
Pixote Hunt: Animator who was one of the directors of Fantasia 2000.
Ronald L Iden: Senior vice president of global security at Disney.
Bob Iger: Originally the boss of ABC, he was promoted to the President and Chief Operating Officer position after Wells's death, Katzenberg's failure to claim the position, and Michael Ovitz's failure to hold onto it left the COO position open for Iger; he subsequently succeeded Eisner on short notice and immediately began negotiations to buy Pixar and bring Steve Jobs and John Lasseter into the full Disney fold. He succeeded, and under Iger's watch, Disney also bought Marvel and then Lucasfilm, and expanded their theme park business. Iger retired in late 2021, only to return to the company the following year after successor Bob Chapek turned out to be a Pointy-Haired Boss.
Carrie Ann Inaba: One of the judges on Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
Richard Irvine: Senior Imagineer who headed design and planning for Disneyland attractions and then became executive vice president and chief operations officer of Imagineering in 1967. He retired in 1973 and died three years later.
- Maggie Irvine: His daughter who joined WDI after him
- Kim Thomas/Kim Irvine: Daughter-in-law who is a current art director at WDI.
Mark Isham: The composer's first major work was on Never Cry Wolf; he also worked on Once Upon a Time (2011).
Bret Iwan: Took over as the voice of Mickey Mouse from Wayne Allwine when he died, and voices the character in every incarnation now except for Paul Rudish's cartoons.
Ub Iwerks: Co-creator (with Walt Disney himself) of Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
- Don Iwerks: Ub's son, he pushed for further technology and a 360-degree camera. He left the company in 1985 after 35 years to start Iwerks entertainment.
  - Leslie Iwerks: Don's daughter and Ub's granddaughter who is a major documentary director for Disney; her filmography includes films like The Pixar Story

Henry Jackman: Music composer for Wreck-It Ralph.
Wilfred Jackson: Animator for several Disney features, including Lady And The Tramp.
Matthew Jacobs: Provided the original story ideas for what became the Walt Disney Classic The Emperor's New Groove.
Nina Jacobson: Script developer at Disney from 1998 to 2006.
Cyril James: Managing director of Disney in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Robert Jani: Produced numerous Disneyland festivities and shows.
Charles Jarrott: Director who oversaw three Dark Age live-action Disney films, including The Last Flight of Noah's Ark and Condorman.
Peter Jennings: A major personality at ABC until his death in 2005; his long on-air time during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and other contributions earned him a Disney Legend award posthumously.
Jim Jimirro: The first boss of Walt Disney Home Video.
Jim Jinkins: Creator of Doug (which Disney purchased in 1996). Alongside the creator and producer of PB&J Otter, Stanley, and JoJo's Circus for Disney Junior ^note Formerly known as ''Playhouse Disney" .
Laurene Powell Jobs: The wife of Steve Jobs, she inherited his fortune and holdings in Disney when he passed away; this currently makes her the largest shareholder in Disney.
Steve Jobs: The boss of Pixar and Apple Computers; he purchased the firm from George Lucas in the 80's, and hired John Lasseter to run it alongside Ed Catmull. They eventually made a landmark deal with Disney and created Toy Story, and following Jobs and Lasseter's feud with Disney boss Michael Eisner and his rivals, were indirectly partially responsible for Eisner's exit from the company; Disney purchased Pixar afterwards and put Lasseter back in charge of animation and creativity and making Jobs the largest shareholder in the company until Jobs's death in 2011.
Fred Joerger: Created many scale models of film sets and theme park attractions, including Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle, and later served as field art director for EPCOT Center.
Broose Johnson: Animator during the Disney Renaissance; two of the characters he animated are Chien-Po and Ling from Mulan (1998).
Jimmy Johnson: Oversaw the rise of the Walt Disney Music Company, served as its president from 1970-1975.
Dr. LC Williams Johnson: Vice Chairman of the Board until 2016.
Michael Johnson: Former executive of Buena Vista Home Video/Walt Disney Home Video/Walt Disney Home Entertainment/Buena Vista Home Entertainment. He left the company in 2003 and moved on to the Herbalife supplement company.
Rian Johnson: The director of The Last Jedi, the second installment in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. His last major film prior to that was Looper; while this movie was distributed by TriStar Pictures/Sony in most markets, in Italy it was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
Joe Johnston: A director who works often with Disney. He helmed Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, The Rocketeer and Hidalgo.
Phil Johnston: One of the story writers for Wreck-It Ralph.
Chuck Jones: Had a very brief stay at Disney's with Ward Kimball after Warner Bros. briefly shut down their animation studio. While he respected Walt, he couldn't stand the lack of creative control there that he was used to at his old studio, and as soon as Warner Bros. reopened their studio, Chuck was gone. The only other work he did with Disney was on the "Dueling Pianos" sequence in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but he hated the final result. He has, however, praised Aladdin as the funniest animated film created.
Mary Jones: In charge of Disneyland's Community Relations and international relations.
Ron Jones: The music composer for DuckTales (1987).
Barry Josephson: One of the producers of Enchanted.
Bill Justice: Animator on some of the classic Disney cartoons.

Toshio Kagami: CEO of Tokyo Disney Resort.
John Kahrs: The director of the Disney Mini Classic Paperman.
Jim Kallett: The editor of the Pixar short classic Geri's Game.
Natalie Kalmus: The color director of the second half of the premiere hybrid Classic The Reluctant Dragon.
George Kalogridis: The current president of Walt Disney World in Florida.
Kay Kamen: Helped license Disney characters.
Siddharth Roy Kapur: The CEO of Disney subsidiary UTV Software Communications.
Lawrence Kasdan: A major player in Disney's continuation of the Star Wars franchise through the Sequel Trilogy; his previous work with Disney was 1999's Mumford, a film he directed.
Jeffrey Katzenberg: Became the studio head after Michael Eisner was named CEO. Had a hand in every animated film from The Black Cauldron (which he inherited from Ron Miller) to Hercules (which was released after he left; Fantasia 2000 started production during his tenure, but he hated the idea of that film and never took part in it). Was known for his massive ego, which didn't mix well with Eisner's own massive ego; following the accidental death of Frank Wells, he quit (or was fired from) Disney in 1994 and set up DreamWorks Animation, which became Disney's chief animation rival in the 2000s.
Glen Keane: Began his career as an animator on The Rescuers. He animated the fight scene with the bear in The Fox and the Hound, and was supervising animator of Ratigan and Fidget in The Great Mouse Detective; Sykes, Fagin, Georgette, and Jenny in Oliver & Company; Ariel in The Little Mermaid; Marahute in The Rescuers Down Under; Beast in Beauty and the Beast; Aladdin; Pocahontas; Tarzan; John Silver in Treasure Planet; and Rapunzel in Tangled. Was also the initial director and ultimately executive producer of the latter film. He left Disney in 2012 after working on Paperman to set up his own studio.
Lisa Keene: Concept and background artist who started at Disney during the Disney Renaissance.
Steven Keller: Disney animation employee; one of his jobs was producing the Walt Disney Mini Classic John Henry.
Bill Kelly: Writer who wrote Enchanted.
Walt Kelly: While most known for his Pogo newspaper comics, he got his start working at Disney.
Kathleen Kennedy: Longtime associate of Steven Spielberg and Amblin, which she co-founded, she became part of Lucasfilm and was made the president of the studio and the brand manager and executive producer of Star Wars when Disney purchased Lucasfilm.
Ralph Kent: Legend in Imagineering and attractions.
Jimmy Kimmel: The host of his self-titled talk show on ABC and previously the co-host of Win Ben Stein's Money, which aired on Comedy Central but was produced by Disney's Valleycrest Productions, which also produced Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
Simon Kinberg: This producer is normally involved with Fox and their separate Marvel universe which, apart from Deadpool (2016), Disney/Marvel proper is not fond of, but he IS involved with Disney as a major player in the remake of Walt Disney's Classic Cinderella, as well as being a creative consultant on The Force Awakens and being an executive producer of Star Wars Rebels.
Jack King: Animator and sequence director on such films as Pinocchio (1940), Saludos Amigos, Dumbo, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Melody Time, and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Prolific director of the Donald Duck cartoons; was THE Duck Director until Jack Hannah took over completely.
Jack Kinney: Animator/sequence director of films such as Pinocchio (1940) and Dumbo. He first directed Goofy in "Goofy's Glider" and soon became established as the director of the Goofy cartoons.
Stan Kinsey: Executive of technology during the early 80's who initially wanted to move into animation with Pixar right at 1984, but clashed with Jeffrey Katzenberg over the subject. Kinsey resigned, but Katzenberg backpedaled and allowed the CAPS system into future Disney productions anyway, with Bob Iger purchasing Pixar in the end.
Karey Kirkpatrick: One of the animation screenwriters for The Rescuers Down Under.
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg: The Let's Player known as PewDiePie (who was the most subscribed-to channel on YouTube) was signed with Maker Studios, which is a Disney Consumer Products company, until February 2017, when he released nine videos that were perceived as anti-Semitic that led to both Disney and YouTube Red severing ties with him.
Jorgen Klubien: Animation writer who did The Lion King, Cars, Frankenweenie, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Horst Koblischek: Helped market Disney in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
Al Konetzni: Helped develop and market Disney merchandise.
Abbey Konowitch: General manager of Walt Disney Records.
Ken Koonce: Co-producer of Ducktales for its second thru fourth seasons.
Lori Korngiebel: Post production supervisor of Lilo & Stitch for its California operations (a lot of it was done at the Florida studio prior to Disney shutting their doors).
Robert Kraft: A major record producer for Walt Disney Records.
Ynon Kreiz: Co-chairman and CEO of Maker Studios.
Gary Krisel: The founder of Disney Television Animation.
Alex Kupershmidt: Animator during the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Stitch (Lilo & Stitch), Koda (Brother Bear), the hyenas (The Lion King)^noteco-supervised by David Burgess, and Khan and General Li (Mulan (1998)).

Laurel Ladevich: The producer of the Monsters Inc. short Party Central.
Ruth Lambert: Casting director for Mulan and Tarzan.
Robert Langer: Vice president and CFO for Disney-ABC Television Group.
Larry Lansburgh: Producer and cameraman for various Disney films.
Linda Larkin: The voice of Jasmine from Aladdin.
John Lasseter: Got his start as an animator for Disney. He got terminated in 1983 for pushing computer animation (his last work up to that point, The Brave Little Toaster got released under "Hyperion Pictures"), and joined Steve Jobs at Pixar after George Lucas was forced to sell it. Pixar made an animation deal with Disney after the people who fired Lasseter got terminated themselves the following year, and this led to Toy Story 1. The relationship became strained with Eisner at the helm and his personal problems finding their way into Pixar's world, but after his exit, Bob Iger purchased the studio and tapped Lasseter as the Chief Creative Officer; he remained there until June of 2018 when he got fired due to allegations of sexual assault.
Kyle Laughlin: Senior vice president of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media Labs.
Rick Law: Artist who designed a multitude of covers for Walt Disney Home Video. Currently a creative manager at Disney Publishing Worldwide.
Geraldine Laybourne: Worked at Disney for 2 years after departing Nickelodeon, but left ABC and started up Oxygen Media.
Philip La Zebnik: One of the screenwriters for Mulan.
Lebo M: African folk music composer who arranged the Swahili chants in The Lion King.
Jennifer Lee: Co-director of Frozen and former Chief Creative Officer of Disney.
Paul Lee: President of the ABC Entertainment Group until 2016.
Stan Lee: The founder of Marvel Comics and Studios, he makes cameos in every Marvel film and is an executive producer on them.
Meg Lefauve: One of the screenwriters for Inside Out.
Kira Lehtomaki: Animation supervisor on Zootopia.
Mel Leven: A major Disney composer; he wrote the famous "The Villain Sucks" Song "Cruella De Vil" in 101 Dalmatians.
James Levine: The music director for Fantasia 2000; he introduced the "Pomp and Circumstance" segment in the film.
Steve Levitan: The co-creator of one of ABC's modern classics, Modern Family.
Brad Lewis: Producer who was the producer of Ratatouille and a co-director of Cars 2. He had previously worked from DreamWorks Animation and moved on from Pixar to be associated with Warner Animation Group.
Todd Lieberman: Co-worker of David Hoberman who co-produced The Muppets (2011) with him.
Kevin Lima: Directed Tarzan (1999), Enchanted, and A Goofy Movie.
Jack Lindquist: President of Disneyland from 1990 to 1993.
Art Linkletter: Commentator for the opening day ceremonies for Disneyland who returned for the park's 50th anniversary.
Ryan Lissack: The Chief Technology Officer of Maker Studios.
Sanford 'Sandy' Litvack: A former Disney executive who was a competitor to Jeffrey Katzenberg and then Michael Ovitz for the president's position at Disney. He earned an acting chief operation officer job after Ovitz's acrimonious departure and became a co-vice chairman in 1999, but he was forced out of the company in 2000.
Jerry Livingston: One of the music composers for Cinderella (1950).
Jeph Loeb: Executive vice president of Marvel Television.
Phil Lofaro: Associate producer of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Ron Logan: The first president of the reborn Disney Theatrical Group, which was revived by Peter Schneider and Thomas Schumacher with Roy Disney and Jeffrey Katzenberg supervising; their first play back was the stage adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (1991). He is also responsible for producing a lot of live entertainment projects at the Disney Theme Parks, including Fantasmic!.
Richard Loomis: Head of marketing for Disney Channels Worldwide until 2016.
Ed Love: An animator for Disney, later went on to work for Walter Lantz (animated the earliest incarnations of Buzz Buzzard), MGM and Hanna-Barbera.
George Lucas: The founder of Lucasfilm and its subsidiaries Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker Sound as well as the original version of Pixar (before Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull, and John Lasseter took over), he created Star Wars and Indiana Jones, the latter of which he helmed with friend and director Steven Spielberg. Eventually selling Lucasfilm to Disney, he became a major holder in Disney and began work on a new Star Wars series.
Irving Ludwig: Vice president (1953-1959) and later president (1959-1980) of Buena Vista Distribution Co., helped distribute Disney films.
Dick Lundy: A very skilled animator and director, created the character of Donald Duck and directed several of his shorts. He would later go on work at MGM's cartoon department on the Barney Bear and Droopy cartoons, and after that went to Walter Lantz's studio to work on their Andy Panda, Musical Miniatures and Woody Woodpecker short subjects. He would contribute animation to Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat and several Hanna-Barbera projects later on.
Don Lusk: A prominent Disney animator, and notably one of the last surviving Golden Age Disney artists—as of 2015, he is 102 years old!
Hamilton 'Ham' Luske: Was the man who brought several of the Nine Old Men into Disney, and one of the directors of Lady And The Tramp.
Michael Lynton: Past business executive at Disney Consumer Products and a major force behind the founding of the Disney Publishing Group.
Ben Lyons: TV personality who took over the At The Movies program from Disney for its next-to-last year of broadcast.

James 'Jim' MacDonald: Replaced Walt as the voice of Mickey Mouse.
Tom Mac Dougall: The music supervisor for Wreck-It Ralph and the music production manager on Tarzan.
Dan Mac Manus: Effects animator, working on most of the Disney features during the period between 1935 until 1973. Also wrote the story for the short The Trial of Donald Duck.
Lauren Mac Mullan: The director of the Mickey Mouse Mini Masterpiece Get A Horse!
Bruno Maglione: President of Marvel International.
David Maisel: An associate of Michael Ovitz who followed him to Disney and then out. He took over Marvel in 2005 and facilitated their acquisition by Disney, at which point he left.
Leonard Maltin: Film historian who has spoken and written extensively about Disney and Star Wars, and hosts the Treasures From The Disney Vault specials on Turner Classic Movies with Ben Mankiewicz, and then solo after a few blocks. He's also the creator of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD video series prior to that.
Mark Mancina: The composer of the Disneynature logo music, and the scores to Tarzan, Brother Bear, and Moana.
Henry Mancini: Wrote the music and three songs for The Great Mouse Detective.
Mary Anne Mang: Public Relations Manager for Disneyland.
Ben Mankiewicz: Radio personality who took over the At The Movies program for its semifinal year alongside Lyons and later co-hosts the Treasures From The Disney Vault program on Turner Classic Movies with Leonard Maltin for the first several broadcasts of the block (Maltin eventually hosted the block solo).
Kelsey Mann: One of the story writers for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur and the director and writer of the Monsters Inc. short Party Central.
Gunnar Mansson: Helped market Disney in the Nordic countries.
Elissa Margolis: The Senior Vice President and General Manager of The Disney Store.
Janice Marinelli: President of Disney/ABC domestic television and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (AKA, Walt Disney Home Video).
Tony L Marino: Storywriter for Disney; one of his works is Mickey's Christmas Carol.
Justin Marks: Screenwriter for Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book.
Gary Marsh: The president and chief creative officer of the Disney Channel.
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh: Co-creator of Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law.
Frank Marshall: Lucasfilm/Spielberg collaborator who worked on most of the Star Wars/Indiana Jones films, M. Night Shyamalan's films The Sixth Sense and Signs, and several Studio Ghibli films.
Bill Martin: Imagineer who contributed to the designs of many attractions, including Sleeping Beauty Castle, Snow White’s Adventures, Peter Pan’s Flight, and more.
Lucille Martin: Secretary to Walt Disney, later vice president and special assistant to the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors.
Wink Martindale: Game show host who helmed Debt, which was produced by Disney's Buena Vista TV unit.
Bob Matheison: Helped develop Walt Disney World and create its executive training program.
Robert Matschullat: Board member at Disney.
Burny Mattinson: Animator who started with Robin Hood (1973) and directed The Great Mouse Detective.
Kevin A Mayer: Senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary for the Walt Disney Company as a whole.
Steve Mc Beth: Former president of Disney Interactive Studios/Walt Disney Computer Software
Christine Mc Carthy: The current Chief Financial Officer of Disney, succeeding Jay Rasulo.
Debbie Mc Clellan: The vice president of The Muppets Studio.
Lisa Mc Cormick: Assistant editor of Lilo & Stitch.
Craig McCracken : Creator of Wander Over Yonder
Sean Mc Grath: The VFX coordinator of Marvel films since Disney took over the company, and for other Disney properties.
Dorothy Mc Kim: The producer of the Mickey Mouse Mini Masterpiece Get A Horse! and other Disney Shorts Classics.
Sam Mc Kim: Sketched various Disneyland rides and maps.
Josh Meador: Special Effects man at Disney during Walt's life.
Irene Mecchi: A major screenwriter who has worked often with Disney. She's one of the screenwriters for The Lion King, and also contributed to The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules.
Bill Mechanic: Major player in Walt Disney Home Video; he had some input in the critical Walt Disney Classics series that saw the Disney Animation library finally reach the private home market. He left Disney in 1993 and became an independent producer.
Edward Meck: Helped advertise the newly-opened Disney theme park.
Chris Meledandri: Former Disney executive who ran Dawn Steel Pictures and co-produced Cool Runnings, the last film with John Candy to be released during Candy's life. He moved to Fox and stayed there until 2007, and then founded Illumination Entertainment at Comcast/Universal.
Bill Meléndez: Most famous for creating the Peanuts TV specials, he worked at Disney in the early 1940s until he left due to the animators' strike. He went on to work for Warner Bros. and UPA before setting up his own shop.
Johnny Mercer: Wrote the "The Villain Sucks" Song from Robin Hood known as "The Phony King Of England".
Mike 'Moe' Merell: The supervising animator for the Leviathan in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and one of the animators for the computer-generated crowds in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Lane Merrifield: The founder of Club Penguin; he resigned in 2012 after clashing with Disney.
Tim Mertens: Editor of Wreck-It Ralph.
Ron Meurin: Story developer for the Piano Concerto No. 2 number in Fantasia 2000.
Dave Michener: An animator during Walt's time. He also co-directed The Great Mouse Detective with Burny Mattinson, John Musker and Ron Clements.
Mike Mignola: The Hellboy creator lent his distinctive artistic technique to the Walt Disney Cult Classic Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Shelley Miles: Former VP/GM of Disney Software/Disney Music.
John P Miller: One of the men on the "Baby Weems" segment in The Reluctant Dragon.
Marvin Miller: Narrated Sleeping Beauty.
Al Milotte: Husband of Elma Milotte, producer for various Disney nature documentaries.
Elma Milotte: Wife of Al Milotte, producer of various Disney nature documentaries.
Andrew Millstein: Current president of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Jeremy Milton: Editor of Planes and Zootopia.
Don Mink: One of the founders of Disney's It's A Laugh Productions.
Rob Minkoff: Began his career in the Studios as an inbetweener on The Black Cauldron. He helped design the character of Basil in The Great Mouse Detective and Ursula in The Little Mermaid. He is associated with the character Roger Rabbit as the director of "Tummy Trouble" and "Roller Coaster Rabbit" and co-producer of "Trail Mix-up". He directed The Lion King (1994) with Roger Allers.
George Mitchell: Former chairman of the Disney, resigned to join Barack Obama's presidential cabinet.
Nicole Mitchell: One of the story writers for the short Feast.
Hayao Miyazaki: Acclaimed Japanese Anime maker and friend of John Lasseter. He was one of the main minds at Studio Ghibli, which Disney has a distribution deal with; all of Miyazaki's films are handled in America by the Walt Disney Studios.
Leslie Moes: Post-production supervisor on Lilo & Stitch.
Dan Molina: Major editor at Disney/Pixar; one of his works is Planes: Fire & Rescue.
Arnoldo Mondadori: Published and managed Disney's Topolino magazine in Italy.
Peter Montgomery: The creator of the Mickey's Fun Songs video trilogy; these were folded into the main Disney Sing-Along Songs series.
Sue Bea Montgomery: Manager of post production on The Emperor's New Groove and Lilo & Stitch.
Andy Mooney: The former chairman of Disney Consumer Products and the person who pushed for the creation of the Disney Princess franchise after attending a Disney On Ice show, now the CEO of Fender Guitars.
Bob Moore: Helped animate several classic Disney films, later worked in publicity and marketing.
Fred Moore: Animator on Snow White and credited with updating Mickey Mouse's appearance in the late 1930s. Moore also served as an animator or directing animator for most of the animated features from Snow White to Peter Pan (1953). Worked at the Walter Lantz studio for a brief period in the late 1940s.
Rich Moore: Animator and Rough Draft Studios partner who directed Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia.
Patrick Moran: Executive Vice President of ABC Studios.
Larry Morey: Animator who was one of the sequence directors on Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs and later was one of the music directors for The Reluctant Dragon.
Jim Morris: President of Pixar.
Shane Morris: One of the writers of Frozen.
Clay Morrow: One of the creators and showrunners of the multi-award winning Mickey Mouse (2013) rebooted cartoon series.
Zenia B Mucha: Executive vice president and chief communications officer at Disney.
Mark Mueller: The composer of the theme songs to DuckTales (1987) and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
Kevin Munroe: The producer of Strange Magic.
Raj Murari: A co-senior vice president of group publishers at Disney Publishing Group.
James Ford Murphy: The director of the Pixar short Lava.
Tab Murphy: Writer who wrote several Disney Renaissance films such as The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
Thomas Murphy: Former boss of ABC who joined the Disney board of directors when Disney purchased ABC. He left the company at some point.
Tom Murphy: Vice president of Capital Cities/ABC Inc., oversaw the company's growth.
John Musker and Ron Clements:
- Musker: began his career at Disney as an animator on such films as The Small One, The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron. He co-directed with Ron Clements The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana (their first 3D feature).
- Clements: Assistant and animator on Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, The Rescuers, Pete's Dragon (1977), The Fox and the Hound, and The Black Cauldron. He, along with John Musker, directed The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Moana.

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Tom Nabbe: Played Tom Sawyer as a boy on Tom Sawyer Island, later managed other attractions.
Hiro Narita: Cinematographer who worked on Never Cry Wolf, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and The Rocketeer for Disney; the first of these won him the Boston Critics Award and the National Critics Award.
Clarence Nash: The voice of Donald Duck until his death in 1985. He was replaced by animator Tony Anselmo.
Grim Natwick: Got his start working for the Fleischer brothers and Ub Iwerks animating his creation Betty Boop, but was lured away by the idea of Walt making the first feature length animated picture. He contributed quite a bit during his stay at Disney, including animating much of Snow White herself. He left soon after to go back to the Fleischers after not getting the pay he was promised after Snow White on time—a move he regretted later down the road, as he would have loved to work on Fantasia.
Terry Naughton: One of the story developers for the Pomp & Circumstance number in Fantasia 2000.
Daron Nefcy: The creator of the animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
Steve Nelson: Co-composer of the theme music for Darkwing Duck.
David Newman: Composed the soundtrack to DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp.
Teddy Newton: A key member of Pixar who directed their Mini Classic Day And Night.
'Nick' Nichols: He began as an animator on the shorts and had most of the responsibility on the Pluto cartoons and was also the supervising animator for the Coachman in Pinocchio (1940). He later went to work at Hanna-Barbera, where he directed the animated version of Charlotte's Web (1973).
Kay Nielsen: Sketch artist, storyman, and designer. Nielsen created designs for "The Night on Bald Mountain" segment in Fantasia. During the 1940s, he worked on concept designs for an early version of The Little Mermaid and "Ride of the Valkyries". In the mid-1980s, his sketches were brought out of the Disney Archives to inspire the animators who worked on the 1989 The Little Mermaid, and he ended up getting a posthumous "visual development" credit.
Mark Nielsen: The producer of the Pixar/Inside Out short Riley's First Date?.
Tetsuya Nomura: Square Enix game designer who is the director of the Kingdom Hearts RPG franchise for Disney.
Ernie Nordli: Animator who worked as layout artist on Dumbo, Fantasia, Sleeping Beauty, and 101 Dalmatians.
Floyd Norman: One of the first African-Americans hired by the studio. To this day he still works at Disney as a storyboard artist.
Terry Notary: Prominent stuntman, stunt coordinator and movement coach in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He also provides the voice of Cull Obsidian in Avengers: Infinity War.
Dick Nunis: The boss of the Disney theme parks throughout the Dark Years, his success with the parks made him one of the few executives to survive the 1984 management shift.
Jeff Nuzzi: Former Disney executive who co-founded the Like Pizza digital studio with Bob Sprang in 2016.
Mark Obenhaus: Senior producer of Good Morning America; he had a phone interview during 9/11.
Ken O Brien: Animator on features from Snow White to Sleeping Beauty (1959).
Ken O Connor: Layout artist on thirteen features and a hundred shorts. Features including Snow White, Fantasia and Lady and the Tramp. After a short retirement, O'Connor returned to Disney to help develop shows such as World of Motion and Universe of Energy at EPCOT, and the film Back to Neverland for the Animation Tour at the Disney/ MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Susan O Day: Chief Information Officer of Disney.
Marc Okrand: Developed the Atlantean language in the Walt Disney Classic Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Jack Olsen: Manager of Disneyland's Merchandising Division.
Patrick Osborne: The director of the Disney short Feast.
Matt Ouimet: Former president of the Disney Cruise Line and Disneyland Resort.
Michael Ovitz: The boss of the Creative Arts Agency and best friend of Eisner at the time Eisner chose to put him in Wells's President position over Jeffrey Katzenberg. Ovitz left the position the next year.

Patrick Pacheco: The writer of the Waking Sleeping Beauty documentary.
Armand Palivoda: Helped distribute Disney films in Switzerland.
Norman Palmer: Editor during Disney's Silver Age who was the co-recipient of the second Disney Legend award alongside Virginia Davis.
Jayne Parker: Executive vice president and chief human resources officer for The Walt Disney Company.
Randy Parker: Digital production manager of Brother Bear.
Jeff Patch: An assistant director on The Rescuers.
Sanjay Patel: The director of the Pixar short Sanjay's Super Team, which came from Patel's childhood.
Perce Pearce: Animator who was one of the sequence directors on Walt Disney's Signature Classic, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
Poul Brahe Pedersen: Helped publish Donald Duck in the Nordic countries.
Bill Peet: Bill began his Disney career as an In-Betweener^note, and got recognized for his original character designs, working his way up to storyboard artist, and eventually becoming a Story Man in his own right, working on full-length films (such as The Jungle Book (1967)) and shorts before a personal falling out with Walt Disney led to Bill leaving the company and eventually becoming an acclaimed children's author.
Erdman Penner: The writer of Sleeping Beauty (1959) and the Mini Classic cartoon The Reluctant Dragon.
James Pentecost: Producer of Pocahontas.
John E Pepper Jr: Succeeded George Mitchell as company chairman, and remained in the position until CEO Bob Iger took it over in 2012.
Walt Peregoy: Color and background artist on a handful of Disney projects (e.g. 101 Dalmatians and The Sword in the Stone).
Bill Perkins: Art director on Aladdin.
Itzhak Perlman: Famed violinist who was the lead violin for Fantasia 2000; he also introduced the second number of the film, Pines of Rome.
Issac 'Ike' Perlmutter: The CEO of Marvel Entertainment.
David Perry: Game designer for Virgin Interactive who worked with Disney on the Sega Genesis version of Aladdin, which involved Musker, Clements and Katzenberg and was the third highest selling game on the system after the first two Sonic the Hedgehog games, and was involved with The Jungle Book (1993) as well; Perry later founded Shiny Interactive.
Raymond S. Persi: One of the story writers for the short Feast.
Bob Peterson: Pixar storyboard artist who co-directed Up and who came up with the original concept for The Good Dinosaur, which he originally directed.
Philadelphia Orchestra: The orchestra led by Leopold Stokowski in Fantasia. When the film hit video in 1991 under the Walt Disney Classics heading, the orchestra sued Disney for half the profits; the case was dismissed with a settlement in 1994.
Regis Philbin: A major personality at ABC, he chaired the morning talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee/Kelly and hosted the ABC version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which temporarily got ABC out of the hole and ushered in a new generation of programming.
Shirley Pierce: Screenwriter who dealt with the Disney short John Henry.
Steve Pilcher: Production designer on Finding Dory.
Jan Pinkava: Screenwriter for Ratatouille.
James Pitaro: The co-chairman of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media, and the boss of Disney Interactive Studios.
John Pleasants: Co-president of Disney Interactive Studios.
John Pomeroy: A close associate of Don Bluth who departed his studio when Bluth's fortunes went downhill, and was the lead animator of Milo for Atlantis: The Lost Empire, John Smith for Pocahontas, and the Firebird for Fantasia 2000.
Lisa M Poole: Associate producer of Lilo & Stitch.
Ken Potrock: Vice president of the Disney Vacation Club.
William Everett 'Joe' Potter: The man built much of the underground infrastructure for Walt Disney World.
Dan Povenmire: Co-creator of Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law and sole creator of Hamster & Gretel.
Paul Pressler: The former boss of The Disney Store, he was put in charge of Disneyland in 1996 to help with the construction of what became Disney's Californian Adventure as well as address the lack of parkgoers in recent years (the original idea was for a new Epcot called Westcot, but this was abandoned after Wells and Katzenberg's runs at the company ended). He wound up cutting maintenance and attractions, mostly focusing on shopping. He became boss of the entire theme park division in 2000, but his failed attempt to take this concept further and Californian Adventure hitting an instant Audience-Alienating Era the minute it opened, along with problems with Eisner, convinced him to pull the plug on his Disney job and never look back; he joined The Gap, and Pressler was succeeded by Jay Rasulo and eventually Tom Staggs, who revitalized the parks, with Staggs becoming president in 2015. Paul Pressler's tenure and the results of it was one of the factors in Eisner leaving the company himself.
Harrison 'Buzz' Price: Research economist who was crucial in the siting and development of Disneyland and Walt Disney World; CEO Michael Eisner called him as being "as much responsible for the success of the Walt Disney Co. as anybody except Walt Disney himself."
Jeffrey Price: One of the two screenwriters for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and a movie called Trenchcoat.
Andrew Probert: A tech designer on Tron and worked 4 years as a Show Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Ruben Procopio: Clean-Up supervisor on Mulan.
Richard Purdum: Pupil of Richard Williams who was supposed to direct Beauty and the Beast, but his original version of the film didn't quite fly with studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, who said, "It didn't work at all", and forced a Reset Button on the production (he would do this again with Aladdin, which led to the elimination of a character from that film). Purdum pulled out of the project, leading to Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise to direct and Katzenberg "buttonholing" Howard Ashman and Alan Menken and getting them to successfully turn the final film into a musical, which would wind up being the first animated Best Picture nominee and Ashman's Grand Finale. Purdum would return to Disney and provide some supplementary animation for Hercules and Fantasia 2000 a few years later at his own studio (Richard Purdum Productions).

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Jean Pierre Quenet: One of the producers of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp.
Joe Quesada: Primary editor and Chief Creative Officer at Marvel Comics.
Amy Rabins: One of the founders of Disney's It's A Laugh Productions.
Eric Radomski: Senior vice president at Marvel Television.
Kori Rae: Producer of Monsters University.
Joe Ranft: An animator at Disney; he moved to Pixar in 1995 and worked there until he died in 2005.
Nik Ranieri: Lead animator for Roger Rabbit on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, animator Ursula from The Little Mermaid, animator of Jafar from Aladdin, and supervising animator of Wilbur from The Rescuers Down Under, Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast, Meeko from Pocahontas, Hades from Hercules, and Kuzco from The Emperor's New Groove.
Jay Rasulo: Originally the head of the Disney theme parks, he swapped jobs with Tom Staggs in 2009 and became the CFO. When Staggs took the President's position, Rasulo retired, but he is still advising the company.
Abbe Raven: The chairman of the A&E network, which is a collaboration between Disney/ABC and Hearst Corporation.
Denise Ream: The producer of The Good Dinosaur.
Jim Reardon: One of the story writers for WALL-E, Wreck-It Ralph, and Zootopia.
J. A. C. Redford: Music conductor who directed the Disney Orchestra and Choir on a few movies such as The Little Mermaid and Frozen.
Dorothea Redmond: Participated in building and interior design at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
Kristina Reed: An alumni of DreamWorks Animation and associate producer on Kung Fu Panda 1 who transferred to Disney and became the co-producer of Big Hero 6 and the producer of the short films Paperman and Feast.
Peyton Reed: The eventual director of Ant-Man.
William Reeves: One of the original members of Pixar who produced Luxo Jr. alongside Lasseter and assisted with their films up to Ratatouille.
Kevin Reher: Casting director at Pixar.
Julie Reihm Casaletto: First Disneyland ambassador.
Rick Reinert: His animation firm helped make the fourth and final main Winnie The Pooh short, Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore (this short has a brand new cast and was made past The Many Adventures' theatrical and VHS release, but is included in the Winnie The Pooh's Storybook Classics series that make up the individual shorts along with the Walt Disney Mini Classics line prior to that).
Rob Renzetti: Supervising producer of Gravity Falls and executive producer of the DuckTales reboot.
Reuben Cannon & Associates: The U.S. casting directors for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Craig Reylea: Senior Vice President for global marketing of Disney Interactive Studios from 2007 to 2013.
David Reynolds: Screenwriter for The Emperor's New Groove; had previously provided additional screenwriting for Tarzan.
Pamela Ribon: One of the story writers for Moana.
Richard Rich: An animator who helmed The Fox and the Hound, his next film was The Black Cauldron. That movie's massive bombing and his headbutting with Peter Schneider led to his termination and having to start his own studio. He fell out of relevance after The King And I flopped and earned an anti-animation mandate from the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate.
Lloyd Richardson: Edited various Disney films.
Riders in the Sky: The country western folk singers performed the "Woody's Roundup" song and several additional add-ons, including a "You've Got a Friend In Me" remix, for Pixar's Toy Story 2, which propelled them to the national spotlight and earned them a Grammy; these songs have become part of their classic playlist.
Charlie Ridgway: Major player in coordinating media coverage of Walt Disney World, including a Donald Duck 50th birthday show. He died on Christmas 2016.
Cicely Rigdon: Supervisor of Guest Relations at Disneyland, later helped lead and develop the Disneyland Ambassador Program.
Katherine Ringgold: The editor of the Pixar short Presto.
Kelly Ripa: Replaced Kathie Lee Gifford as Regis Philbin's co-host on Live.
Jonas Rivera: The producer of Pixar's Masterpiece Inside Out.
Bob Roath: Associate producer for Andrew Stanton's John Carter and Finding Dory.
Bill Roberts: A sequence director for The Three Caballeros.
Dodie Roberts: Animator for Fantasia, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.
Jonathon Roberts: Disney screenwriter worked on The Lion King, James and the Giant Peach, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Monsters. Inc.
Jordan Roberts: One of the screenwriters for Big Hero 6.
Meredith Roberts: Senior vice president and general manager of Disneytoon Studios.
Jeffrey Rochlis: A former Sega employee who was tapped by Katzenberg to help with Imagineering. He was a major mind in Euro Disney (a.k.a. Disneyland Paris), but was canned prior to the park opening; he sued Disney for the termination, but lost his suit.
Richard Roeper: A stretch, he's a writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, but he succeeded Gene Siskel as Roger Ebert's critic partner in the At The Movies program, which was distributed by Disney.
Howard Roffman: Executive vice president of franchise management at Lucasfilm.
Wathel Rogers: Co-created the Audio Animatronic with Roger Broggie.
Joe Rohde: Veteran executive at Walt Disney Imagineering. Most notable for being the mastermind behind Disney's Animal Kingdom park, as well as working on Epcot's Maelstrom and Captain EO and Pleasure Island's Adventurers Club. Currently serves in a supervising role in Marvel attractions being added to the parks, starting with Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!. Has a distinctive earring collection that has distorted his left earlobe.
Jessica Ambinder Rojas: One of the editors of Fantasia 2000 and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Pres Antonio Romanillos: Animator during the Disney Renaissance; one of the characters he animated is Shan-Yu, the Big Bad of Mulan (1998).
Andrea Romano: Voice director who worked on several Disney Afternoon cartoons.
John Rood: Head of marketing for Disney Channels Worldwide as of 2016.
Don Rosa: Noted writer for the Donald Duck comics.
Gary Rosen: General manager and chief marketing officer of Disney English, a Chinese branch dedicated to teaching Chinese children English through Disney characters.
Bruce Rosenblum: President of business operations at Disney/ABC Television Group as of 2016.
Dev Ross: Voice director who worked with Disney on Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers.
Rich Ross: Succeeded Dick Cook as studio chief, he oversaw a few big-budget tentpoles, but a few too many tentpole bombings, which culminated in John Carter, got him fired and replaced by Alan Horn (the movie's failure also put Ross on the top of John Lasseter's "really deep shit list"); the failure of The Lone Ranger (2013) added an extra nail to that coffin.
Joe Roth: Replaced Jeffrey Katzenberg as the studio head in 1994. He left the position in 1999 and founded Revolution Studios and then Roth Films, the latter of which has made movies with Disney, notably the live-action remakes in the Disney Animated Canon.
Stephen A Rotter: Award winner who was one of the editors on Enchanted.
Dan Rounds: Animator who is the producer of The Prince and the Pauper in 1990, the first Mickey Mouse-centric cartoon after The Simple Things in 1953 and the only one made during Frank Wells and Jeffrey Katzenberg's tenures.
Steve Rucker: Provided additional music for the first season of Ducktales and wrote music for Disney's Gummi Bears.
Paul Rudish: Television animator who is the executive producer of the critically, popularly and Emmy/Annie acclaimed new series of Mickey Mouse cartoons.
The Russo Brothers: Marvel Cinematic Universe directors.
Gary Rydstrom: Sound designer who has worked with Pixar.
Herb Ryman: A talented concept artist who created the first designs of Disneyland. He also served as an art director on Dumbo and Fantasia. He developed artwork and designs for the other Disney resorts until his death in 1989.

Joseph Sabo: One of the screenwriters for Pinnochio.
Stephane Sainte Foi: Animator, beginning as part of the team who animated Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989); supervising animator of Nani Pelekai in Lilo & Stitch (2002).
Sheryl Sandberg: Current board member at Disney.
Chris Sanders: One of the quirkiest people to have worked at Disney, Chris Sanders was one of the key animators of the Marahute's flight in The Rescuers Down Under. He later went on to contribute heavily to Mulan (1998), and co-wrote and co-directed Lilo & Stitch (2002) with Dean DeBlois. He was originally the director of Bolt, but was fired by John Lasseter and moved on to DreamWorks Animation, where he ended up co-directing How to Train Your Dragon to massive acclaim, followed by The Croods and The Wild Robot. He voiced and continues to voice the character of Stitch whenever he appears,^note such as the Kingdom Hearts series,^noteexcept Kingdom Hearts III Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, Disney Infinity, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Disney Speedstorm, and even the 2025 live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch. His first live-action film, The Call of the Wild, was released by Disney after their purchase of 20th Century Studios, as the first film under that banner after the company's acquisition of 20th Century Fox banner.
John Sanford: Animator during the Disney Renaissance. He also co-directed Home On The Range.
Katherine Sarafian: Pixar employee who produced their short Lifted.
Paul Satterfield: One of the writers for Fantasia.
Chris Sauve: Canadian animator who originally worked at Carbunkle Cartoons, he animated Governor John Ratcliffe In Pocahontas, Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Vinnie and Moliere In Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Tanana In Brother Bear, Alameda Slim, Junior, Barry, and Bob In Home on the Range, and various animated animals in Mary Poppins Returns.
Phil Savenick: Writer and producer for the Disney Sing-Along Songs home video series.
Diane Sawyer: A major anchor at ABC News.
Dan Scanlon: Pixar employee who directed Monsters University.
Bob Schiffer: Head of Disney's makeup department from 1968 to 2001.
Arthur Schmidt: The editor of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Rocketeer, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Peter Schneider: Originally a co-worker of Menken and Ashman, he was brought in by Roy E. Disney and Jeffrey Katzenberg to help head up animation. He got tangled up in an infamous fake memo that was sent to Katzenberg and then Jeopardy!, but was otherwise effective. He became the studio head in 2000, replacing Joe Roth, but his own budding problems with Eisner convinced him to resign.
Ron Schneider: Played the Dreamfinder at EPCOT's Journey Into Imagination.
David Schrader: Executive vice president of the Disney Theatrical Group, who administers the Broadway shows.
Thomas Schumacher: Musical director at Disney Animation. He transferred to their Broadway productions in the 2000's, after serving as producer of The Rescuers Down Under, executive producer of The Lion King (1994), and President of Walt Disney Animation.
Harold D Schuster: Hollywood director who was one of the helmers of Disney's hybrid classic So Dear To My Heart.
Retta Scott: Disney's first woman animator to receive a screen credit, in Bambi.
Stephen Scott: Art director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Ronnie Screwvala: Executive at UTV Software Communications.
George Scribner: Animator who directed Oliver & Company and The Prince and the Pauper.
Peter S Seaman: One of the two screenwriters for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and a movie called Trenchcoat.
Ted Sears: A key member of Walt's team who was involved with writing.
Henry Selick: Associate of Tim Burton's who departed Disney with him. He worked with Burton on several other projects for Disney.
Jeff Sellinger: The senior vice president of the learning department at Disney Publishing Worldwide.
Thom Sharp: Co-composer of the theme music for Darkwing Duck.
Ben Sharpsteen: Was an early animator for Disney, and became a sequence director on Snow White, co-director on Pinocchio (1940), director of Dumbo, production supervisor on Fantasia, Fun and Fancy Free, Cinderella (1950) and Alice in Wonderland (1951).
Melvin 'Mel' Shaw (born Melvin Scwartzman): Titles designer for The Rescuers and other films. He got started with Bambi, but left to enter World War II, though he returned to Disney 32 years later. His final film was The Lion King.
Walter Sheets: Provided orchestrations for Robin Hood and The Love Bug, among others.
Ben Sherwood: President of Disney-ABC Domestic Television.
Domee Shi: Director of Bao and Turning Red.
Yoko Shimomura: Japanese RPG music composer, she is the person responsible for the music of Kingdom Hearts as well as Nintendo's Mario & Luigi series and Super Mario RPG. She had previously composed the 8-bit music for Disney/Capcom's NES Game Adventures in the Magic Kingdom.
Osnat Shurer: Pixar short producer who transferred to Disney Animation and produced the 56th Disney Animated Classic, Moana.
M. Night Shyamalan: Director who helmed The Sixth Sense for Disney. He also did Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village (2004) with them, and much later Disney came back to co-produce Glass with Universal and Blumhouse.
Joel Siegel: The film critic on ABC's Good Morning America until his death in 2007.
Raymond Singer: One of the screenwriters for Mulan.
Gene Siskel: A stretch; he was the film critic for the Chicago Tribune, but his review program with Roger Ebert was distributed by Disney.
John Skipper: President of ESPN.
Marty Sklar: A long-serving Imagineer and executive.
Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar: Comedians who hosted the Cheap Seats show on ESPN Classic in the mid 2000's.
Glenn Slater: Lyricist who worked with Alan Menken on Home on the Range and Tangled (both the movie and the TV series).
Ric Sluiter: Art director of Mulan.
Tony Smeed: Co-head of animation on Zootopia.
Bruce W. Smith: Animator for various feature, television and theme park projects; animated Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove, Dr. Facillie in The Princess and the Frog and pulled double duty on Winnie the Pooh (2011) animating both Rabbit and Piglet. Created the Disney Channel original series The Proud Family, the first animated series to star a black family.
Dave Smith: The first archivist for the Walt Disney Archives.
Jan Smith: Executive who worked on what became the Kingdom Hearts series.
Lisa M Smith: Production manager of Mulan.
Marc E Smith: A co-writer on Frozen Fever.
Oren C Smith: Nike executive who is a board member at Disney.
Paul Smith: The creator of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and one of the executive producers of the American version for its first decade. Also the name of a different man who was one of the music composers for Snow White.
Paul Smith: Not to be confused with the above, a music composer for the first Disney Animated Masterpieces.
Webb Smith: Storyman, he is credited with coming up with the idea of storyboards.
Brian Smits: Software engineer at Pixar who who received an In Memoriam honor in Inside Out.
Jon Snoddy: Head of Disney Imagineering.
Peter Sohn: Pixar employee who directed The Good Dinosaur and Elemental (2023). He also is a voice actor for the studio, voicing Emile in "Ratatouille".
Marc Sondheimer: Pixar employee who produced Piper.
Barry Sonnenfeld: Hollywood producer who co-produced Enchanted with Josephson.
Robert D San Souci: Children's book author who provided the original concept for the Disney Animated Classic Mulan (1998) and was a consultant on the film; he died from a head injury in 2014.
Dave Spafford: Worked at Disney in the 1970s as Don Bluth’s assistant on The Rescuers, Pete's Dragon (1977), and The Fox and the Hound, he later returned to animate the Looney Tunes characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and animated on the Under The Sea sequence from The Little Mermaid.
Warren Spector: The boss of Junction Point Studios and the man behind the Epic Mickey games; the second one, sadly, got Junction Point shut down and led to Spector being fired.
Clark Spencer: Producer of Wreck-It Ralph and Lilo & Stitch.
Steven Spielberg: While Spielberg has mostly associated himself with rival Universal (he got his start there in the 70's, during Disney's Dark Age), he has worked as the executive producer of one of Disney's landmark films, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He's also a good friend of George Lucas and directed the Indiana Jones movies (which started at Paramount while that studio employed Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who took over Disney right after the second Indiana Jones movie hit theaters). Friends with studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, the two formed DreamWorks in 1994 after Katzenberg walked out of Disney, broke up somewhat 10 years later, and the live-action DreamWorks and Spielberg would enter a 7-year distribution deal with Disney ^note which ended with The BFG, which Spielberg directed before having his company being distributed by Universal, his old home. Spielberg, however, is still on call for future Indiana Jones films.
Stan Spohn: One of the background painters for The Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia.
Aaron Springer: One of the creators and showrunners of the multi-award winning Mickey Mouse (2013) rebooted cartoon series.
Scot Stafford: Composed the music for Pixar's short Presto.
Tom Staggs: Was hired by Disney in 1990, he became the Chief Financial Officer in the mid 2000's, before swapping his job for the theme park side of things; after a long time, he took the President and Chief Operating Officer position after Iger left it vacant following Eisner's ouster (Iger had taken the position originally after Frank Wells died and after Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Ovitz couldn't claim it.) He sadly lasted just over a year before he found himself unable to hold onto the position and subsequently resigned.
David Stainton: Former animation executive at Disney. He got replaced by Lasseter and Catmull.
Carl W Stalling: The man who composed the score for Steamboat Willie, and the Trope Namer for Mickey Mousing. Later worked with Warner Bros. on the Looney Tunes cartoons.
Walt Stanchfield: Was part of Disney's masterclasses for years. Much of his advice is included in the Disney book series "Drawn to Life".
Tony Stanley: Lead animator of Rutt the moose in Brother Bear.
Andrew Stanton: The director of Finding Nemo and its sequel Finding Dory, Pixar's masterpiece WALL•E, and John Carter.
Robert Ty Stanton: Art director for the Disney short John Henry.
Steve Starkey: Assistant producer on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Tania Steele: Former vice president and spokesperson of Walt Disney Home Video.
Ben Stein: The host and main opponent in Win Ben Stein's Money, which was made by Disney's Valleycrest Productions unit (the production company for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, on Comedy Central.
Robert Steinbrecher: One of the two production managers for Walt Disney Picture's first classic, Never Cry Wolf.
George Stephanopoulos: The chief anchor of ABC News.
Robert AM Stern: The designer of several Disney World hotels, most notably the Yacht and Beach Club; these were Eisner's favorite hotels due to their location and design, and got Stern on the board of directors.
Art Stevens: Major Disney animator who started with Fantasia and eventually co-directed The Rescuers and The Fox and the Hound before retiring.
Dave Stevens: The creator of The Rocketeer graphic novel and a creative consultant for the film adaptation.
Robert Stevenson: Director of several Disney Live-Action Classics, the most notable being Mary Poppins.
Sting: Member of The Police who was contracted by Disney to compose music for Kingdom of the Sun. When this film hit troubled waters and prompted Michael Eisner to threaten a shutdown to the film's directors' faces, it got one of the most noteworthy retoolings in Disney's history, sending a good chunk of its crew down the valley to other projects and dropping almost all of Sting's work except for two songs, though he remained part of what became the Walt Disney Classic The Emperor's New Groove.
Nicholas Stoller: One of the co-writers of The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted.
Tad Stones: Creator of Darkwing Duck and Show Runner on shows like Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and the Aladdin series and Hercules: The Animated Series. Went on to direct two animated Hellboy DTV movies.
Ricky Strauss: Marketing president at the Walt Disney Studios.
Victoria Strouse: One of the story writers for Finding Dory.
William Sullivan: Operations supervisor at Disneyland, later performed supervisory work for Walt Disney World.
Galyn Susman: A short producer at Pixar.
Anne Sweeney: Longtime Disney executive of the Disney Channel, Disney/ABC, and Disney Media. She stepped down in 2014 to become a television director.
Doug Sweetland: Former Pixar employee and star who directed, wrote and starred in their mini-classic Presto (2008), which became the name of one of their animation systems.

Masatomo Takahashi: Helped establish Tokyo Disneyland.
Al Taliaferro: Worked on the Donald Duck comic strip.
Tommy Tallarico: Music composer, video game critic/host and cousin of Steven Tyler who composed the music for the Virgin Interactive Disney games in the early 90s.
Yoshimichi Tamura: The supervising animator for Helga Sinclair in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Quentin Tarantino: The eccentric director of several Miramax classics that were distributed by Disney, including Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill movies.
Donn Tatum: A previous boss of Disney after Walt's death. He served as Director Emeritus of the company for the last year of his life.
Brigham Taylor: Co-producer of the 2016 version of Walt Disney's Classic The Jungle Book alongside director Jon Favreau.
Deems Taylor: The host and one of the main helmers of Walt Disney's masterpiece Fantasia. His voice recordings for the movie have sadly been lost; the remaining traces of it are on the 1991 Walt Disney Classics VHS and Laserdisc version of the film.^note
Rod Taylor: Narrated 101 Dalmatians as dog Pongo.
Russi Taylor: The voice of Minnie Mouse, and the wife of Mickey Mouse voice Wayne Allwine until his death in 2009.
Gustaf Tenggren: A chief illustrator for Walt Disney Productions during the Golden Age; he had a major impact in 4 out of the first 5 films in the Disney Animated Canon plus several shorts.
Marc Teren: Former director of business development for consumer products.
Dana Terrace: Creator of the The Owl House, worked as director, storyboard artist and animator on Gravity Falls and DuckTales (2017).
Ernest Terrazas: One of the writers of The Three Caballeros.
Renu Thomas: The Executive Vice President of media operations, engineering and IT at Disney/ABC.
Randy Thornton: Producer of the Disneyland soundtrack.
Tony To: President of production and development at Lucasfilm.
Ruthie Tompson: Scene planner and final checker for animation cels.
Bruno Tonioli: One of the judges on Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
Pamela L Travers: The author of the original Mary Poppins novel series, she was actually approached by Walt Disney very early on for adapting the premiere novel, but resisted for decades until financial pressures got her to cave in. This led to the development of the movie, and while everyone else was impressed, it made an opposite impression on her because she HATED animation (the standing ovation the movie received did not help her feelings), and she barred Disney from adapting the rest of the book series, although this mandate may have been relaxed with a sequel being announced in 2015. Her dilemma with the movie and her life events leading to it and the original novels is detailed in Saving Mr. Banks, the first movie to feature an actor (Tom Hanks) playing Walt.
Josie Trinidad: Co-head of story on Zootopia.
Danny Troob: One of Disney's most prolific orchestra conductors/arrangers starting with Beauty And The Beast.
Gary Trousdale: Made his feature-directing debut with the Academy Award winning Beauty and the Beast. Trousdale has been with Feature Animation since 1984, and has contributed to the following films: Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid and The Rescuers Down Under. Co-directed with Kirk Wise on The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Currently a director at DreamWorks Animation.
John Turitzin: Executive vice president of Marvel Entertainment.
Theodore Anthony Lee Ty: Animated Captain Gantu in Lilo & Stitch (2002).
Steven Tyler: The frontman for the legendary rock/metal band Aerosmith, whose soundtracks are used by Disney in Disney World and on Disney Infinity and Inside Out.
Vladimir "Bill" Tytla: One of Disney's most skilled animators, doing the animation for Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Chernabog in Fantasia, and Stromboli in Pinocchio (1940). Left Disney in the early 40s to work at other studios like Famous Studios and Terrytoons after he became part of the infamous Disney strike, and he regretted never working with Disney again for the rest of his life.
Bob Tzudiker: One of the screenwriters of Tarzan and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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Lyle Underkoffler: The vice president of the digital angle of Disney Publishing Group.
Lee Unkrich: The director of Toy Story 3 and Coco. He was also a co-director on Toy Story 2 (with Lasseter), Finding Nemo (with Stanton), and Monsters, Inc. 1 (with Doctor).
Saaschka Unseld: The director and writer of the Pixar short The Blue Umbrella.
Andre Vanneste: Helped publish Disney comics in Europe.
Carson Van Osten: Comic artist.
Bruce Vaughn: Former Chief Creative Executive at Disney Imagineering.
Pat Ventura: One of the story developers for the Pomp & Circumstance number in Fantasia 2000.
Gore Verbinski: The director of the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies.
Meredith Viera: The host and later executive producer of the syndicated version of Disney/ABC's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire until 2013. Her current talk show is produced by Disney's TV syndication department.
Alan Wagner: The founder of the Disney Channel.
Jack Wagner: Park Announcer for Disneyland until 1993.
Taika Waititi: Director of Thor: Ragnarok; also wrote the initial draft of Moana.
Esmond Cardon 'Card' Walker: Major Disney executive who oversaw the studio during its Dark Years. He remained an adviser to the studio until his death in 2005, and his last 6 years were as Director Emeritus.
John Walker: Producer who produced The Incredibles and Tomorrowland and had a special thanks credit in Brave; he was originally attached to The Good Dinosaur before leaving for the live-action project.
Vesey Walker: Bandmaster of the Disneyland Band.
Bill Walsh: Comic author who was a producer and writer for a multitude of Disney Studio Classics and who also wrote a few Mickey Mouse strips here and there.
Barbara Walters: Regular contributor to ABC.
Dave Wasson: Storyboard artist and a primary writer for the Mickey Mouse (2013) series; he also cameos in a few of these cartoons. Also the executive producer of Star vs. the Forces of Evil and was the director for The Buzz on Maggie.
Ray Watson: Disney executive who is partially responsible for Michael Eisner coming to Disney.
Mark Watters: Music composer for the Mickey Mouse Mini Masterpiece Get A Horse!, which opened Frozen.
Robert Watts: Lucasfilm producer who was one of the producers of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Kem Weber: The architect of the original Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank in 1939.
David Weimers: Co-producer of DuckTales (1987) past its first season.
Bob Weinstein: Brother of Harvey and the co-founder of Miramax/Dimension Films, who had a distribution deal with Disney as set up by a pre-ouster Jeffrey Katzenberg from 1994 to 2009.
Harvey Weinstein: The boss of Miramax Films, who worked with Disney for 15 years and distributed several cinema classics such as Pulp Fiction.
Bob Weis: President of Walt Disney Imagineering.
Greg Weisman: Works as a writer for Disney. Noteworthy work of his includes Gargoyles and The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Frank Wells: President and Chief Operating Officer from 1984 to 1994. Said to have been the voice of reason amongst the executives of the time. Known for wanting to climb the highest mountains in the world. Tragically died in a helicopter crash in 1994, which was the last straw that led to the split with those executives; Well's death eventually ended both Jeffrey Katzenberg and his boss/rival Michael Eisner's careers at Disney along with their decades-long relationship.
Simon Wells: Supervising animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the director of Mars Needs Moms.
Alfred L Werker: Hollywood director who was tapped by Walt to helm the first live-action/animation hybrid film from the studio, the experimental and touring The Reluctant Dragon.
Stevie Wermers: Animator at Disney who worked on a few features and directed the Goofy short How To Hook Up Your Home Theater.
Joss Whedon: The director of Disney/Marvel's Avengers movies; previously, he had contributed crucial story material to Pixar's Grand Premiere Classic, Toy Story, and the Walt Disney Classic, Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Judge Whitaker: Animator on a lot of cartoon classics.
Noni White: One of the screenwriters for Tarzan and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Meg Whitman: Disney executive who now runs Hewlett-Packard, which provides the computers for Disney's theme parks and the technology for Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation.
Steve Whitmire: The puppeteer of Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Statler and others in the Muppet films done by Disney.
Bob Wickersham: The animator for the Mickey Mouse cartoon Thru the Mirror. (He also directed Oscar-nominated short Imagination for Columbia.)
Matthew Wilder: The director of songs for Mulan (1998).
Tom Wilhite: Was the studio head until the 1984 management shift. He had to give up his position to Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Chris Williams Animator: Replaced Sanders as the director of Bolt and one of the co-directors for Big Hero 6.
Reggie Williams: Retired linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals and an ex-member of that city's council who founded Disney's Wide World of Sports in Disney World and then named Vice President of Disney Sports Attractions. He was forced to retire in 2007 when injuries he sustained while in the NFL began to come back.
Richard Williams: Worked as a temporary assistant animator time and time again, and was the animation director for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Roy Williams: Worked on a few Disney shorts before becoming the senior Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club for 4 seasons. Died in 1976.
Jess Winfield: One of the co-founders of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, he worked as a screenwriter on a number of Disney Television Animation shows including 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Hercules, Mickey Mouse Works and its successor House of Mouse, The Legend of Tarzan, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and (also executive producing) Teacher's Pet (2000). However, his most extensive Disney work was for the Lilo & Stitch franchise, in which he served as a writer and executive producer for Lilo & Stitch: The Series (and its respective pilot and finale films Stitch! The Movie and Leroy & Stitch) and later became the voice actor of Dr. Jumba Jookiba for the English versions of the Stitch! anime (which he also co-produced the international edit of) and the Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai, making him the only franchise crew member to have worked on all three TV shows.
Paul Winkler: Helped establish Disney in France.
Kirk Wise: Received his first feature-directing credit on the Academy Award-winning Beauty and the Beast, alongside Gary Trousdale. In 1996, he re-teamed with Trousdale and producer Don Hahn on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and then in 2001 on Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Tom Wolber: The president of Disneyland Paris, aka, Euro Disney.
Charles Wolcott: One of the music composers for The Three Caballeros.
Fred Wolf: Supervising producer of Ducktales for its first season; more well known for bringing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) to television.
Tyrus Wong: Chinese-born artist who served as main production designer (background department) of Bambi.
Ilene Woods: The voice of Cinderella in the original masterpiece.
Linda Woolverton: One of Disney's most prolific screenwriters from the Disney Renaissance onward.
Jack Wrather: Former owner of the Disneyland Hotel; he rebuffed attempts by Disney to buy the building until Michael Eisner purchased most of his company after his death and sold off everything except the hotel, which was permanently integrated into Walt Disney Parks & Resorts; a lot of Wrather's other work currently belongs to Eisner's apprentice Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation.

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Kevin Yasuda: Story writer for the opening number of Fantasia 2000, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
Matsuo Yokoyama: Helped market Disney in Japan.
Cy Young: Major animator at Disney until the 1941 strike; he resigned for his part in it and to join the Air Force. Cy committed suicide in 1964.
Harold Young: A sequence director for The Three Caballeros.
Matt Youngberg: Co-creator of DuckTales (2017).
Jose Zelaya: El Salvador-born character designer and visual developer for Disney Television Animation. Having wanted to work for Disney since he was a child, he grew up during the Salvadoran Civil War, teaching himself how to draw as a means to process and retreat from the fighting. His character designs include Ashley Spinelli for Recess, Angel (Experiment 624) for Lilo & Stitch: The Series, and Bunga the Bravest for The Lion Guard, among many others.
Robert Zemeckis: The director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the boss of Image Movers Digital, which made the 2009 adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Their next film, Mars Needs Moms, however, tanked heavily and ended the partnership between Disney and Zemeckis prematurely.
Kathy Zielinski: Animator for the Disney Animated Canon; she was the supervising animator for the notorious Judge Claude Frollo, the Big Bad of the Walt Disney Classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame; this character has more screentime than the other Disney villains.
Al Zinnen: Animator on several Disney Classics.
David Zippel: Alan Menken's lyricist on Hercules and the "Star-Spangled Man" musical number in Marvel's Masterpiece Captain America: The First Avenger.
Mark Zoradi: Longtime Disney executive who left the studio in 2009. He temporarily worked for DreamWorks Animation before moving on to helm the Cinemark movie theater chain.

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