John Musker

Movies13

• Movie7.5

  Documentary

  A 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

• Movie7.2

  Documentary

  By 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

• Movie6.8

  DocumentaryMusic

  Though 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

• Movie8.2

  Documentary

  A documentary about how the critically acclaimed film wound up being a box office disappointment, only to become regarded as a classic over a decade after its initial release.

  The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant

  2016 · 8 votes

• Movie7.0

  Documentary

  Trudie 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

• Movie8.4

  Documentary

  A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.

  Pencils vs Pixels

  2023 · 12 votes

• Movie8.0

  Documentary

  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.

  Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

  2006 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  DocumentaryFamily

  Hosted 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

• Movie6.5

  Documentary

  The making of Disney's Aladdin

  Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

  2004 · 4 votes

• Movie9.2

  Documentary

  The making of Disney's Treasure Planet.

  Disney's Animation Magic: Treasure Planet

  2003 · 6 votes

• Movie7.3

  Documentary

  A 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

• Movie8.0

  Documentary

  Bonus feature on the Dumbo DVD.

  Celebrating Dumbo

  2001 · 2 votes

• Movie8.5

  Film 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