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
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
References
External links
- Don Hall at IMDb
