Don Hahn

Template:Infobox Real PersonDonald Paul "Don" Hahn is an American producer and director for Walt Disney Animation Studios (formerly Walt Disney Productions and Walt Disney Feature Animation).

Hahn was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from North Hollywood High School (where he was a drum major) in 1973, went on to study music at Los Angeles Valley College, and majored in Music and minored in fine art at California State University Northridge.

After starting his career at the Walt Disney Studio working in the animation archives known as the "morgue", one day, Hahn jokingly referred to the department with a more dignified title of the "Animation Research Library", a title that stuck as the department evolved and continues to this day. He worked as an assistant director for Wolfgang Reitherman during The Fox and the Hound before working his way up as production manager for The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective then an associate producer of Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He would go on to produce films during the Disney Renaissance, such as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

Later, Hahn became Executive Producer for the landmark nature film "Earth" the premiere film project from the Disneynature film label. In 2010 he once again served as Executive Producer on “Oceans" the epic documentary on the seas, and 2011's "African Cats" from Disneynature.

Feature Film Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Subsidiary
1977	Pete's Dragon	Assistant Animator (Uncredited)	Walt Disney Pictures
1981	The Fox and the Hound	Assistant Director	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1985	The Black Cauldron	Production Assistant
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	Production Manager
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Associate Producer	Touchstone Pictures
1991	Beauty and the Beast	Producer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Producer: 3D Version	Touchstone Pictures
1994	The Lion King	Producer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1999	Fantasia 2000	Director/Writer - Host Sequences
2000	The Emperor's New Groove	Executive Producer
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Producer
2003	The Haunted Mansion		Walt Disney Pictures
2007	Earth	Executive Producer	Disneynature
2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty	Director/Producer/Voice Actor (Narrator)	Walt Disney Pictures
2010	Oceans	Executive Producer	Disneynature
2011	African Cats
2012	Chimpanzee
2012	Frankenweenie		Walt Disney Pictures
2014	Maleficent
2017	Beauty and the Beast

Animated Shorts Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Company
1978	The Small One	Production Assistant	Walt Disney Animation Studios
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol
1989	Tummy Trouble	Producer	Walt Disney Pictures
2004	Lorenzo	Executive Producer	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	One by One	Producer
2006	The Little Matchgirl

Trivia

• Hahn is the first producer of an animated film to be involved in its remake, having produced the original 1991 Beauty and the Beast and executive-produced its 2017 remake.

Gallery

• Don Hahn D23 Expo.jpg

  Don Hahn attending the 2011 D23 Expo.

• Don Hahn Premiere Walt Disney Studios Lion 5ldGaY5wxBAl.jpg

  Don Hahn at the premiere of The Lion King 3D re-release in August 2011.

• Don Hahn Tribeca Fest.jpg

  Don Hahn attending the 2018 Tribeca Film Fest.