Ron Clements Articles

The Princess and the Frog (top); Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (bottom) Disney's The Princess and the Frog came out on top at the domestic box office on Friday, with $7.2 million — hardly a record-shattering figure, but respectable nonetheless. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, The Princess and the Frog features voices by Dreamgirls' Anika Noni Rose, Bruno [...]

Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Henry Selick's Coraline (above), Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox, Ron Clements and John Musker's The Princess and the Frog, Tomm Moore's The Secret of Kells, and Pete Docter's Up are the six best animated feature nominees for the International Animated Film Society’s 2010 Annie Awards. The winner will be announced on Feb. 6, 2010. [...]

John Lasseter, Hayao Miyazaki, and Matt Groening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' presentation of "The 13th Marc Davis Celebration of Animation: Hayao Miyazaki," on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos to enlarge them. Hayao Miyazaki June Foray, Leonard Maltin Ron Clements, John Musker Hayao Miyazaki, John [...]

"Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo, A Centennial Celebration," an homage to Disney animator Milt Kahl (right), will be presented on Monday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Animator Andreas Deja (creator of characters such as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Scar in The Lion King, and Lilo in Lilo & Stitch) [...]