Clark Spencer

Clark Spencer
Clark Spencer
President of Walt Disney Animation Studios
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 2019
Preceded by	Andrew Millstein
Personal details
Born	April 6, 1963 (age 58); Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Film producer, businessman, studio executive

Clark Spencer (born April 6, 1963) is an American film producer, businessman and studio executive best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios, and for winning the Oscar for his work on the 2016 animated feature film Zootopia.

Biography[]

Spencer was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon from September 1976^{[citation needed]} to June 1981. Spencer graduated from Harvard University in 1985 with a degree in history.

He joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1993. He was director of planning but moved on to be senior vice president of finance and operations. He moved on to the Florida animation division of the company where he was the head of studio before becoming the producer of Lilo & Stitch (2002).^[1]^[2] Since then, Spencer has gone on to also produce the Disney animated film Bolt, as well as Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia.^[3]

He was involved in the purchase of Miramax Films in the early 1990s.

In August 2019, Spencer was named president of Walt Disney Animation Studios after Andrew Millstein was moved over to co-president of Blue Sky Studios.^[4] As of January 2020, Spencer is set to co-produce an untitled animated film centered on a Latino family for Disney, alongside Yvett Merino Flores.^[5]

Filmography[]

Feature films[]

Year	Title	Producer	Studio Leadership
2002	Lilo & Stitch	Yes
2007	Meet the Robinsons	Executive
2008	Bolt	Yes
2009	The Princess and the Frog	No
2010	Tangled	No	Yes
2011	Winnie the Pooh	Yes	Yes
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Yes	Uncredited
2013	Frozen	No	Yes
2014	Big Hero 6	No	Yes
2016	Zootopia	Yes	Yes
2016	Moana	No	Yes
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Yes	Yes
2019	Frozen II	No	Yes
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon	No	Yes
2021	Encanto	Yes	Yes

Short films[]

Year	Title	Producer
2009	Super Rhino	Yes

Awards[]

Producers Guild of America

2008 – Nominated: Best Animated Motion Picture for Bolt
2012 – Won: Best Animated Motion Picture for Wreck-It Ralph
2016 – Won: Best Animated Motion Picture for Zootopia
2018 – Nominated: Best Animated Motion Picture for Ralph Breaks the Internet

Academy Award

2016 – Won: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Zootopia
2019 – Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Ralph Breaks the Internet^[6]

References[]

^ The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' (DVD). Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Entertainment. 2005.
^ Jérémie Noyer (March 24, 2009). "Lilo & Stitch: Producer Clark Spencer on a Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride! • Animated Views". Animatedviews.com. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^ "Clark Spencer". IMDb. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^ Keegan, Rebecca (August 9, 2019). "Disney Installs Top Animation Execs at Fox's Blue Sky". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "Report: 'Zootopia' Directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush To Helm Disney Animation's Newest Film Centered on A Latinx Family". The DisnInsider. January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
^ Donnelly, Jim. "OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2019: SEE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES". The Oscars. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 24, 2019.

External links[]

Clark Spencer at IMDb

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[BTS-1] The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch' (DVD). Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Entertainment. 2005.

[2] Jérémie Noyer (March 24, 2009). "Lilo & Stitch: Producer Clark Spencer on a Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride! • Animated Views". Animatedviews.com. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[3] "Clark Spencer". IMDb. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[4] Keegan, Rebecca (August 9, 2019). "Disney Installs Top Animation Execs at Fox's Blue Sky". The Hollywood Reporter.

[5] "Report: 'Zootopia' Directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush To Helm Disney Animation's Newest Film Centered on A Latinx Family". The DisnInsider. January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.

[oscarwin-6] Donnelly, Jim. "OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2019: SEE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES". The Oscars. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 24, 2019.

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2000s	Shrek – Aron Warner (2001) Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton (2003) The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) Happy Feet – George Miller (2006) Ratatouille – Brad Bird (2007) WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) Up – Pete Docter (2009)
2010s	Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010) Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (2012) Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho (2013) Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli (2014) Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (2015) Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Clark Spencer (2016) Coco – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson (2017) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller (2018) Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, and Mark Nielsen (2019)
2020s	Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray (2020)

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Clark Spencer

President of Walt Disney Animation Studios
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2019 (2019-08)
Preceded by	Andrew Millstein

Personal details
Born	(1963-04-06) April 6, 1963 (age 58) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Film producer, businessman, studio executive