Don Hahn (born 1955 in Chicago) is a film producer who has produced some of the most successful Walt Disney animated films of the past 20 years.
Hahn began his career in animation working for Disney Legend Wolfgang Reitherman as an assistant director. He later became production manager of The Black Cauldron (1985) before moving on as an associate producer of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
In 1988, he became producer of the benchmark animated fea...
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Don Hahn (born 1955 in Chicago) is a film producer who has produced some of the most successful Walt Disney animated films of the past 20 years.
Hahn began his career in animation working for Disney Legend Wolfgang Reitherman as an assistant director. He later became production manager of The Black Cauldron (1985) before moving on as an associate producer of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
In 1988, he became producer of the benchmark animated feature Beauty and the Beast, released in 1991, which made him the only producer in Hollywood to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar for an animated film. His next production, 1994's The Lion King, set worldwide box office records for an animated film and quickly became the highest grossing traditionally-animated film in history. In 1996 he produced The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in 2000 he was an Executive Producer on The Emperor's New Groove. In 2001 he experienced his first failure, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Many have alleged that its failure...
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