Ron Clements
Writer · b. 1953 · Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Ronald Francis Clements (born April 25, 1953) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He often collaborates with fellow director John Musker. He is best known for writing and directing the Disney animated films The Great Mouse Detective (1986), The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), Hercules (1997), Treasure Planet (2002), The Princess and the Frog (2009), and Moana (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Clements, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie7.5DocumentaryA look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
The Pixar Story
2007 · 250 votes
Movie7.2DocumentaryBy the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · 116 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryMusicThough legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
Howard
2018 · 57 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryTrudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of 'Kingdom of the Sun'/'The Emperor's New Groove' as part of the deal that originally brought her husband Sting to the project. As a result, Styler recorded much of the struggle, controversy, and troubles that went into making the picture on film (including when producer Fullmer called Sting to inform the pop star that his songs were being deleted from the film). Styler's completed documentary, The Sweatbox, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 13, 2002. Disney owns the rights to the documentary and has not released it on home video or DVD.
The Sweatbox
2002 · 32 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryA documentary on the making of Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp created for the 2006 Platinum DVD.
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006 · 2 votes
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Find out how the spectacular music inspired the animation, and learn more about the development of the characters—such as how Ursula ended up being a big octopus—and how the memorable song "Part of Your World" almost got cut from the film.
Movie7.0DocumentaryFamilyHosted by John Rhys-Davies, a made-for-TV documentary details the work that went into the production of Aladdin, Disney's musical rendition of the classic Arabian Nights' tale. Animation fans are treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this family favorite, as well as to interviews with the director and cast members, who give their insights into the inspirations for the various characterizations and effects of the film, and also the efforts that were needed to bring this project to completion.
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
1992 · 2 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryThe making of Disney's Aladdin
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
2004 · 4 votes
Movie9.2DocumentaryThe making of Disney's Treasure Planet.
Disney's Animation Magic: Treasure Planet
2003 · 6 votes
Movie7.3DocumentaryA look at the making of the classic 1981 Disney film that saw the transition from Disney's Nine Old Men to the new guard who would usher in the Disney Renaissance.
Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
2003 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryBonus feature on the Dumbo DVD.
Celebrating Dumbo
2001 · 2 votes
Movie8.5Film critic Joel Siegel gets together with a group of animators, directors and producers to discuss and pay tribute to their mentors and Walt Disney's core group of animators, The Nine Old Men
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
2005 · 2 votes
Movie6.5AnimationDocumentaryMaking of documentary for Disney's animated feature 101 Dalmatians