Ronald Francis "Ron" Clements is an American animator, film director, producer, and screenwriter at Walt Disney Animation Studios, who usually works as a co-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, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana.
Feature 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 | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Additional story contributions / Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Director / Story adaptation / Orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Director, writer | |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Director / Producer / Screenplay / Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Storyboard artist, animator (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Director, producer, animation screenplay | |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Director / Producer / Screenplay / Animation story / Developer (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Bolt | Special thanks / Story artist (uncredited) | |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Director / Screenplay / Story / Various voices (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Creative leadership | |
| 2016 | Zootopia | ||
| Moana | Director, story, creative leadership |
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, animation director (uncredited) | |
| 2017 | Gone Fishing | Director |
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- He once said that he wishes he could have worked on Mulan.
