Ron Clements

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 Film Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position 	Subsidiary
1977	The Rescuers 	Character animator 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1977	Pete's Dragon 	Character animator 	Walt Disney Pictures
1981	The Fox and the Hound 	Supervising animator 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1985	The Black Cauldron 	Additional story contributions / Animator (uncredited) 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Director / Story adaptation / Orchestrator (uncredited) 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Director, writer 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1992	Aladdin 	Director / Producer / Screenplay / Animator: Abu (uncredited) 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1994	The Lion King 	Animator (uncredited) 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1997	Hercules 	Director, producer, animation screenplay 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2002	Treasure Planet 	Director / Producer / Screenplay / Animation story / Developer (uncredited)	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2008	Bolt 	Special thanks / Story artist (uncredited) 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Director / Screenplay / Story / Various voices (uncredited) 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2014	Big Hero 6 	Creative leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2016	Zootopia 	Creative leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2016	Moana 	Director, story, creative leadership 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
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==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, animation director (uncredited)	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2017	Gone Fishing 	Director 	Walt Disney Animation Studios
==Animation==
File:Profile - Abu.png|Abu
==Cameos==
Ron and John Cameo - TLM.png|The Little Mermaid
Aladdin-disneyscreencaps.com-1116.jpg|Aladdin
Hercules - Clements and Musker.jpg|Hercules
Treasure-planet-disneyscreencaps.com-1901.jpg|Treasure Planet (#1)
Treasure-planet-disneyscreencaps.com-1906.jpg|Treasure Planet (#2)
P&FCakeCameo.png|The Princess and the Frog (#1)
Clements and Musker in The Princess and the Frog.jpg|The Princess and the Frog (#2)
RC+JM Tapa.png|Moana (#1)
RC+JM Tikis.png|Moana (#2)
==Gallery==
Ron Clements Hercules storyboard.jpg|Ron Clements in front of storyboards for Hercules.
John Musker & Ron Clements Captain Amelia sculpture TP.jpg|Ron Clements and John Musker holding a Captain Amelia sculpture for Treasure Planet.
John Musker & Ron Clements PatF premiere.jpg|Ron Clements and John Musker at the premiere of The Princess and the Frog in November 2009.
John Musker & Ron Clements supervising Auli'i Cravalho's recording session.jpg|Ron Clements and John Musker supervising Auli'i Cravalho's recording session for Moana.
John Musker & Ron Clements Moana premiere.jpg|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.
==External links==
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Category:Directors
Category:The Great Mouse Detective
Category:The Little Mermaid
Category:Aladdin
Category:Hercules
Category:Treasure Planet
Category:The Princess and the Frog
Category:Disney Renaissance
Category:Males
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios
Category:Annie Award Winner
Category:Annie Award Nominated
Category:Moana
Category:Animators
Category:The Fox and the Hound
Category:The Rescuers
Category:The Black Cauldron
Category:1950s births
Category:Screenwriters
Category:Producers
Category:People from Iowa
Category:Zootopia
Category:Storyboard artists
Category:Big Hero 6
Category:Pete's Dragon
Category:Winnie the Pooh
Category:American people
Category:Marvel people
Category:Disney Legends