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Don Hall

Don Hall

Writer, director and producer · Born March 8, 1969 (57) · Glenwood, Iowa, USA

Oscar winner · BAFTA Award nominee

Donald Lee Hall is an American film director, voice actor and writer at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is known for co-directing Winnie the Pooh, Big Hero 6, Moana, and Raya and the Last Dragon. Big Hero 6 won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2015.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 8, 1969 (57)
From
Glenwood, Iowa, USA
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 5% in 30 days

What are Don Hall's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 11 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 7

Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 0

Steady 7 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 5

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Casual 10 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
9
Thrilling
8
Hopeful
6
Warm
5
Bittersweet
4
Other
4

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Don Hall's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Disney+ (13).

Subscription and free streaming for Don Hall's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

16 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Wish(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Strange World(2022)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Baymax!(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • Raya and the Last Dragon(2021)

    Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Gone Fishing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Co-Director

  • Moana(2016)

    Co-Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Big Hero 6(2014)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Winnie the Pooh(2011)

    Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Princess and the Frog(2009)

    Story Supervisor · as Darnell (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Meet the Robinsons(2007)

    Screenplay · as Coach / Gaston (voice)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Home on the Range(2004)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Brother Bear(2003)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • The Emperor's New Groove(2000)

    Additional Writing · Story Artist

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Tarzan(1999)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Al Tudi Tuhak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Thanks

  • Ambushed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Billy Dean

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles from 1998 to 2023.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 14: 1 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting6 of 14: 3 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score88thWriting7 of 14: 1 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score90thProducing2 of 14: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 14: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

14 titles, 7 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2000s3 · 2 acting · 3 crew2010s4 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

an Oscar from 3 major nominations, 2015–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
  2. 2015
    • Oscar, won · Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Don Hall's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Don Hall's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles21–37 · median 29 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles6–29 · median 12 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity12 titles4–16 · median 9 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles3–20 · median 9 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense12 titles16–48 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Don Hall work with?

People who share at least 2 of Don Hall's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stephen J. Anderson shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles