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Ron Clements

Highest Rated: 95% Moana (2016)

Lowest Rated: 69% Treasure Planet (2002)

Birthday: Apr 25, 1953

Birthplace: Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Ron Clements was an Oscar-nominated writer and director of such acclaimed animated films as "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Aladdin" (1992), and 2009's "The Princess and the Frog." Having worked for Disney throughout the majority of his career, Clements began his training as an animator in the company's prestigious Talent Development Program. It was during this period that he learned the fundamentals of 2-D animation, which he later applied as an animator on "The Rescuers" and "Pete's Dragon," both of which were released in 1977. Despite having a successful career as an animator, Clements' chief ambition was always to direct, and in 1986 he co-directed his first feature "The Great Mouse Detective," along with David Michener, Burny Mattinson, and John Musker (the last of whom would become a lifetime collaborator). Clements and Musker wrote and directed several more features throughout their career, including the timeless animated classics "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin." Clements and Musker's career hit a bit of a snag in the early 2000s, as the industry's preference for animated movies turned to computer generated images, but in 2009, with the immense success of his and Musker's 2-D animated feature, "The Princess and the Frog," Clements proved that after 30 years in the business, he was just getting started.

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Highest rated movies

95% 89% Moana Watchlist 95% 92% Aladdin Watchlist 91% 88% The Little Mermaid Watchlist 85% 74% The Princess and the Frog Watchlist
82% 76% Hercules
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78% 79% The Great Mouse Detective
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69% 72% Treasure Planet
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Aladdin
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83% Aladdin
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The Princess and the Frog
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
95% 89% Moana Director $248.8M 2016
85% 74% The Princess and the Frog Director,
Screenwriter
- 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Princess and the Frog Director,
Screenwriter
- 2009
69% 72% Treasure Planet Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter
- 2002
82% 76% Hercules Director,
Writer,
Producer
$99.1M 1997
95% 92% Aladdin Director,
Writer,
Producer
$217.0M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aladdin Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1992
No Score Yet 83% Aladdin Director,
Writer,
Producer
- 1992
91% 88% The Little Mermaid Director,
Writer
$109.9M 1989
78% 79% The Great Mouse Detective Director,
Screenwriter
$37.3M 1986