# Don Hall (filmmaker)

Donald Lee Hall (born March 8, 1969) is an American animation film director, voice actor and screenwriter who is best known for directing the films Winnie the Pooh (2011), Big Hero 6 (2014), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Strange World (2022), and co-directing the film Moana (2016) for Walt Disney Animation Studios. For his work on Big Hero 6, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
In June 2024, Hall was announced to have joined Skydance Animation to develop and produce an original animated film for the studio.
Hall is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a bachelor of fine arts degree in drawing and painting.

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Film | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as |
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | Head of/ Story Supervisor | Story Artist | Other | Voice Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Tarzan | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Additional Story Material |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Additional Story |
| 2005 | Chicken Little | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Character Designer |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | No | Screenplay | No | Yes | No | Yes | Coach/Gaston Framagucci | |
| 2008 | Bolt | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Special Thanks |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Darnell | Artistic Supervisor - Story |
| 2010 | Tangled | No | No | No | No | No | No | | Disney Story Trust - uncredited |
| 2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Yes | Story | No | No | No | No | | Disney Story Trust - uncredited |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | No | No | No | No | No | No | | Disney Story Trust - uncredited |
| 2013 | Frozen | No | No | No | No | No | No | | Disney Story Trust - uncredited |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2016 | Zootopia | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2016 | Moana | Co-Director | Story | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | No | No | No | No | Additional | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2019 | Frozen II | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | Yes | Story | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2021 | Encanto | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2022 | Strange World | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2023 | Wish | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership |
| 2024 | Moana 2 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Creative Leadership, Special Thanks - Gratitude (as “Don”) |
| TBA | Untitled Skydance Animation project | Yes | TBA | TBA | No | No | TBA | | |

#### Short films

| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer | Notes |
| 2017 | Gone Fishing | Co-Director | No | |
| 2022 | Baymax! | No | Yes | Disney+ Original Short Films |

## Awards and nominations
### Won

* (2015) – Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Big Hero 6
* (2015) – Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature for Big Hero 6

### Nominations

* (2008) – Annie Award for Storyboarding in a Feature Production for Meet the Robinsons
* (2012) – Gold Derby Award for Animated Feature for Winnie the Pooh
* (2012) – Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production for Winnie the Pooh
* (2012) – Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production for Winnie the Pooh
* (2015) – Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production for Big Hero 6
* (2015) – Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6
* (2015) – BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6
* (2015) – Cinema Bloggers Award, Portugal for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6
* (2015) – Crítici de Cinema Online Portugueses Award for Best Animated Film for Big Hero 6
* (2015) – Gold Derby Award for Animated Feature for Big Hero 6
* (2017) – Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Animated Film for Moana
* (2022) – Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Raya and the Last Dragon