Matthew O'Callaghan

Matthew O'Callaghan
Background information
Born	August 31, 1966 (age 54) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality	American
Alternate names	Matt O'Callaghan
Occupation	Animator, director, screenwriter
Years active	1981-present

Matthew O'Callaghan is an American animator, director, and screenwriter who worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios from 1981-2007, then returning to work as a storyboard artist on Zootopia and a retake director on Tangled: The Series.

Outside of Disney, he directed the 2006 animated film adaptation of Curious George.

Filmography

Year	Film	Position
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol	The Creative Talent Of
1985	The Black Cauldron	Assistant Animator
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Story Adapted By/Character Animator: Ratigan, Fidget the Bat, and Felicia
1987	Sport Goofy in Soccermania	Director
1987	The Brave Little Toaster	Directing Animator: Kirby/Storyboard Artist
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Animator
1988	Oliver & Company	Animator: Jenny Foxworth
1989	The Little Mermaid	Directing Animator: Prince Eric/Storyboard Artist
2004	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Director/Screenplay
2007	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time	Storyboard Artist
2016	Zootopia	Storyboard Artist
2017	Tangled: The Series	Retake Director

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Ratigan

Fidget the Bat

Felicia

Kirby

Jenny Foxworth

Prince Eric

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In the Past Disney's Nine Old Men: Milt Kahl • Frank Thomas • Ollie Johnston • Les Clark • John Lounsbery • Marc Davis • Ward Kimball • Eric Larson • Wolfgang Reitherman Animators: Bill Tytla • Art Babbitt • Preston Blair • Fred Moore • Shamus Culhane • Cy Young • Don Lusk • Norman Ferguson • Hal King • Jack Hannah • Jack Kinney • Hal Ambro • Ken O'Brien • Judge Whitaker • Bill Justice • Don Bluth • Gary Goldman • Charles A. Nichols • Blaine Gibson • John Kennedy • John Ewing • Walt Stanchfield • Fred Hellmich • Andy Paliwoda • Wilfred Jackson • Xavier Atencio Visual Development, Layout, Background Artists and Character Designers: Gustaf Tenggren • Mary Blair • Joe Grant • Mel Shaw • Claude Coats • Don DaGradi • John Hench • Eyvind Earle • Ken O'Connor • Thor Putnam • Albert Hurter • John Hubley Storyboard Artists and Writers: Bill Peet • Ralph Wright • Dick Huemer • Floyd Norman • Yale Gracey Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Jack Kinney • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • Leo Matsuda • Nathan Greno • George Scribner Producers: Walt Disney • Ron Miller • Ken Anderson In the Renaissance, the Present and the Revival Renaissance Directors: Rob Minkoff • Roger Allers • Gary Trousdale • Kirk Wise • Chris Sanders • Mark Dindal • John Musker Story Trust Directors: Ron Clements • Chris Buck • Byron Howard • Don Hall • Chris Williams • Rich Moore • Stephen J. Anderson Producers: Peter Del Vecho • Clark Spencer • Roy Conli • Dorothy McKim • Don Hahn Chief Creative Officer: Jennifer Lee Associated Figures: Bob Iger • Roy Edward Disney • Michael Eisner • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Jeffrey Katzenberg Signature Voice Actors: Jim Cummings • Alan Tudyk • Katie Lowes • John DiMaggio • Maurice LaMarche • Jodi Benson • David Ogden Stiers • Jesse Corti • Paul Briggs • Raymond S. Persi • Phil Johnston • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Brian Cummings Signature Musicians: Sherman Brothers • Robert B. Sherman • Richard Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Alex Kupershmidt • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • John Pomeroy • T. Daniel Hofstedt • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Russ Edmonds • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Lisa Keene • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Cory Loftis