Ronald Francis "Ron" Clements is an American animator, film director, producer, and screenwriter at Walt Disney Animation Studios who usually works as a director with John Musker.
Clements began his career as an animator for Hanna-Barbera. After a few months there, he was accepted into Disney's Talent Development Program, an animator training ground and workshop. Like his future colleague, he served a two-year apprenticeship with famed animator Frank Thomas and worked on a few projects on the side. His early work in character animation can be seen with The Rescuers and Pete's Dragon.
Since the mid-1980s, he and Musker directed many films for Disney, such as The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana.
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Feature Film Filmography
| Year | Film | Position | Subsidiary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Rescuers | Character Animator | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| Pete's Dragon | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Supervising Animator: Big Mama, Widow Tweed and Chief | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Additional Story Contributions | |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Director/Story Adaptation | |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Director/Writer | |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Director/Producer/Screenplay | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Director/Producer/Screenplay | |
| 1998 | Mulan | Writer | |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Director/Producer/Animation Story/Screenplay/Developer | |
| 2008 | Bolt | Special Thanks | |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Director/Screenplay/Story | |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Creative Leadership | |
| 2016 | Zootopia | ||
| Moana | Director/Story |
Animated Shorts Filmography
| Year | Film | Position | Subsidiary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too | Assistant Animator (Uncredited) | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 1983 | Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore | Story (Uncredited) | |
| 2017 | Gone Fishing | Director |
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Cameos
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Trivia
- He once said that he wishes he could have worked on Mulan.
