Ron Clements

Ron Clements
Background information
Born	Ronald Francis Clements April 25, 1953 (age 69) Sioux City, Iowa, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Animator, film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1974-present
Spouse	Tamara Lee Glumace (1989-present)

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.

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
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

Gallery

Big Mama

Cameos

The Little Mermaid

Aladdin

Hercules

Treasure Planet (#1)

Treasure Planet (#2)

The Princess and the Frog (#1)

The Princess and the Frog (#2)

Moana (#1)

Moana (#2)

Gallery

Ron Clements in front of storyboards for Hercules.

Ron Clements and John Musker holding a Captain Amelia sculpture for Treasure Planet.

Ron Clements and John Musker at the premiere of The Princess and the Frog in November 2009.

Ron Clements and John Musker supervising Auli'i Cravalho's recording session for Moana.

Ron Clements and John Musker at the premiere of Moana in November 2016.

Trivia

• He once said that he wishes he could have worked on Mulan.

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1920s—1970s 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 • Lee Blair • Preston Blair • Fred Moore • Shamus Culhane • Cy Young • Don Lusk • Norman Ferguson • Hal King • Jack Hannah • Dick Kinney • Hal Ambro • Ken O'Brien • Judge Whitaker • Bill Justice • Don Bluth • Gary Goldman • Charles A. Nichols • Blaine Gibson • John Ewing • Walt Stanchfield • Fred Hellmich • Amby Paliwoda • Wilfred Jackson • Xavier Atencio • Ben Sharpsteen • Earl Hurd • Dale Oliver • Eric Cleworth • David Hand • Fred Spencer • Julius Svendsen • Ed Benedict • Kenneth Muse • Rudolf Ising • Hugh Harman • Friz Freleng • Walt Kelly • Leo Salkin • John Dehner Visual Development, Layout, Background Artists and Character Designers: Gustaf Tenggren • Mary Blair • Marjorie Ralston • Lillian Bounds • Joe Grant • Mel Shaw • Claude Coats • Don DaGradi • John Hench • Eyvind Earle • Ken O'Connor • Thor Putnam • Albert Hurter • John Hubley • Herbert Ryman • Don Griffith • Basil Davidovich • Jack Boyd • Peter Ellenshaw • Ruthie Tompson • Earl Duvall Storyboard Artists and Writers: Bill Peet • Ralph Wright • Dick Huemer • Floyd Norman • Yale Gracey • Ted Sears • Erdman Penner • Joe Rinaldi • Winston Hibler • Otto Englander • William Cottrell • Bill Berg • Al Bertino • T. Hee • Homer Brightman • Ted Osbourne • Larry Clemmons • Harry Reeves • Jesse Marsh Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Jack Kinney • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • Nathan Greno • George Scribner • Riley Thomson • Dick Lundy • Jack King • Burt Gillett Producers: Walt Disney • Ron Miller • Ken Anderson • Don Duckwall • Perce Pearce • Margaret J. Winkler 1980s—Present 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 • Bob Chapek 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: Robert B. Sherman • Richard M. Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Phil Collins • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman • Danny Troob Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Alex Kupershmidt • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • John Pomeroy • Randy Haycock • Dale Baer • T. Daniel Hofstedt • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Anthony DeRosa • Russ Edmonds • Michael Surrey • Bruce W.Smith • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo • Randy Cartwright Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Lisa Keene • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Cory Loftis