History UsefulNotes / NoteworthyDisneyStaff

* Creator/ByronHoward: The eventual co-director of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' and then ''Tangled'' and ''Zootopia''.

* Creator/JaredBush: Co-writer/director of the Walt Disney Classic ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.

* Creator/NikRaineri: Lead animator for Roger Rabbit on ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', animator Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', animator of Jafar from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', and supervising animator of Wilbur from The Rescuers Down Under, Lumiere from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Meeko from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', Hades from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', and Kuzco from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.

* Creator/ChrisBuck: Longtime animator who co-directed ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''.

* Creator/JeffSwampyMarsh: Co-creator of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' and '"WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''

* Creator/DanPovenmire: Co-creator of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' and '"WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' and creator of ''WesternAnimation/HamsterAndGretel''

* Creator/DanFogelman: The screenwriter for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.

* Creator/DavidHoberman: Producer who helmed a handful of Disney films; one of the most noteworthy is 2011's ''Film/TheMuppets''. He also co-created ''Series/{{Monk}}'', which Disney had a hand in.

* Creator/ToddLieberman: Co-worker of David Hoberman who co-produced ''Film/TheMuppets'' with him.

* Creator/PaulPressler: The former boss of The Disney Store, he was put in charge of Disneyland in 1996 to help with the construction of what became Disney's Californian Adventure as well as address the lack of parkgoers in recent years (the original idea was for a new Epcot called Westcot, but this was abandoned after Wells and Katzenberg's runs at the company ended). He wound up cutting maintenance and attractions, mostly focusing on shopping. He became boss of the entire theme park division in 2000, but his failed attempt to take this concept further and Californian Adventure hitting an instant DorkAge the minute it opened, along with problems with Eisner, convinced him to pull the plug on his Disney job and never look back; he joined The Gap, and Pressler was succeeded by Jay Rasulo and eventually Tom Staggs, who revitalized the parks, with Staggs becoming president in 2015. Paul Pressler's tenure and the results of it was one of the factors in Eisner leaving the company himself.

* Tim Allen: [[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with the actor]], he's been an animator for several Disney films from the 90's and onward, including working on Gaston for ''Beauty and the Beast'', Pumbaa for ''The Lion King'', Kuzco for ''The Emperor's New Groove'', and Tiana for ''The Princess and the Frog''.

* Creator/BobChapek: Succeeded Tom Staggs as the boss of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts when Staggs became president and Chief Operating Officer. Was the CEO of Disney after being instated as such in February 2020, but was removed in November 2022 after [[PointyHairedBoss numerous controversies and dubious decisions]] led to a worrying quarterly.

* Creator/BobChapek: Succeeded Tom Staggs as the boss of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts when Staggs became president and Chief Operating Officer. Was the CEO of Disney after being instated as such in February 2020, but was removed in November 2022 after numerous controversies and mismanagement led to a worrying quarterly.

* Creator/BobChapek: Succeeded Tom Staggs as the boss of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts when Staggs became president and Chief Operating Officer. Currently the CEO of Disney after being instated as such in February 2020.

* '''Creator/BobIger''': Originally the boss of ABC, he was promoted to the President and Chief Operating Officer position after Wells's death, Katzenberg's failure to claim the position, and Michael Ovitz's failure to hold onto it left the COO position open for Iger; he subsequently succeeded Eisner on short notice and immediately began negotiations to buy Pixar and bring Steve Jobs and John Lasseter into the full Disney fold. He succeeded, and under Iger's watch, Disney also bought Marvel and then Lucasfilm, and expanded their theme park business. Iger retired in late 2021.

* Dave Spafford: Worked at Disney in the 1970’s as Don Bluth’s assistant on WesternAnimation/TheRescuers, Film/PetesDragon, and WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound, he later returned to animate the Looney Tunes characters in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit, and animated on the Under The Sea sequence from WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid.

* Music/ThomasSchumacher: Musical director at Disney Animation. He transferred to their Broadway productions in the 2000's, after serving as producer of ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', executive producer of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', and President of Walt Disney Animation.

* Creator/DougSweetland: Former Pixar employee and star who directed, wrote and starred in their mini classic ''WesternAnimation/{{Presto}}'', which became the name of one of their animation systems.

* Creator/AlexKupershmidt: Animator during the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Stitch (''WesternAnimation/Lilo&Stitch''), Koda (''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear''), the hyenas (''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'')[[note]]co-supervised by David Burgess[[/note]], and Khan and General Li (''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'').

* Creator/AlexHirsch: Alumni of CalArts and the creator of critically acclaimed series ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. He was also the voice actor for Stan Pines, Soos, Old Man [=McGucket=] and Bill Cipher. After the series ended, he wrote companion books ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3'' and ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' before going on to collaborate with his former crew member’s various projects, most notably voicing King in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''.

* Creator/AlexKupershmidt: Animator during the Disney Renaissance; supervising animator of Stitch (''WesterAnimation/Lilo&Stitch''), Koda (''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear''), the hyenas (''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'')[[note]]co-supervised by David Burgess[[/note]], and Khan and General Li (''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'').

* Creator/AlexHirsch: Alumni of CalArts and the creator of critically acclaimed series ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. He was also the voice actor for Stan Pines, Soos, Old Man McGucket and Bill Cipher. After the series ended, he wrote companion books ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3'' and ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' before going on to collaborate with his former crew member’s various projects, most notably voicing King in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''.

* Creator/JohnLasseter: Got his start as an animator for Disney. He got terminated in 1983 for pushing [[ItWillNeverCatchOn computer animation]] (his last work up to that point, ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' got released under "Hyperion Pictures"), and joined Steve Jobs at Pixar after George Lucas was forced to sell it. Pixar made an animation deal with Disney after the people who fired Lasseter got terminated themselves the following year, and this led to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. The relationship became strained with Eisner at the helm and his personal problems finding their way into Pixar's world, but after his exit, Bob Iger purchased the studio and tapped Lasseter as the Chief Creative Officer; he remained there until June of 2018 when [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor he got fired due to allegations of sexual assault]].

* Creator/LeeUnkrich: The director of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 & 3]]'', ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (he was co-director with Stanton), and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' (which he co-directed with Pete Docter).

* Creator/PeteDocter: One of the [=MVPs=] at Pixar, he's worked on a lot of their movies and is the man behind their 2015 hit ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''. He also co-directed ''Monsters. Inc'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', and is currently Pixar’s Chief Creative Officer.

* Creator/ChrisWilliams: Replaced Sanders as the director of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' and one of the co-directors for ''Big Hero 6''.

* Music/KristenAnderson and Music/RobertLopez: Wife-and-husband composer duo who made the music of ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', the former of which had Kristen voice Kanga (her husband Robert is also one of the main minds behind ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' and ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'', the latter of which was his first association with Josh Gad, who was in ''Frozen''. Their next project is Disney's ''Bob The Musical''. They later went on to co-write songs for ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2'' and ''Series/WandaVision''.

* Creator/DanMolina: Major editor at Disney/Pixar; one of his works is ''WesternAnimation/PlanesFireAndRescue''.

* '''Creator/BurnyMattinson''': Animator who started with ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' and directed ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''.

* Creator/DonBluth: Got his start as an assistant animator on ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', did animation for ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' and ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too'', and was the directing animator for ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''. Directed ''WesternAnimation/TheSmallOne'' and was animation director on ''Film/PetesDragon1977'' before leaving.[[/index]]

* Music/NancyAdams: Sung the "Love" song during ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' and Maid Marian's walk through Sherwood Forest.

* Creator/BobChapek: Succeeded Tom Staggs as the boss of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts when Staggs became president and Chief Operating Officer. Currently the CEO of Disney after being instated as such in April 2020.

* Creator/BobChapek: Succeeded Tom Staggs as the boss of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts when Staggs became president and Chief Operating Officer. Currently the CEO of Disney after being instated as such in early 2020.

* Creator/JackDorsey: Co-founder of Website/{{Twitter}} and board member at Disney.