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 |
| Pete's Dragon | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Supervising animator | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Additional story contributions / Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Director / Story adaptation / Orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Director / Writer / Various voices (uncredited) | |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Director / Producer / Screenplay / Animator: Abu (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Director, producer, animation screenplay | |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Director / Producer / Screenplay / Animation story / Developer (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Bolt | Special thanks / Story artist (uncredited) | |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Director / Screenplay / Story / Various voices (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Creative leadership | |
| 2016 | Zootopia | ||
| Moana | Director, story, creative leadership |
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) | |
| 2017 | Gone Fishing | Director |
Animation[]
Cameos[]
Gallery[]
Ron Clements in front of storyboards for Hercules.
Ron Clements and John Musker holding a Captain Amelia sculpture for Treasure Planet.
Ron Clements and John Musker at the premiere of The Princess and the Frog in November 2009.
Ron Clements and John Musker supervising Auli'i Cravalho's recording session for Moana.
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.
