Claim: Zootopia was directed by Byron Howard.

Byron P. Howard -LRB- born December 26 , 1968 -RRB- is an American film director , producer , screenwriter , animator , story artist and occasional voice actor at Walt Disney Animation Studios . He is best known as the co-director of Bolt -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , Tangled -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , and Zootopia -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , and a supervising animator on Lilo & Stitch -LRB- 2002 -RRB- and Brother Bear -LRB- 2003 -RRB- . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Tangled and won for Zootopia .