Don Hahn
Birthday: November 26, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: Donald Paul Hahn
Height: 189 cm
Don Hahn was born on November 26, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Le bossu de Notre-Dame (1996), Le Roi Lion (1994) and Atlantide, l'empire perdu (2001). ...Show More
[on the standing ovation that an unfinished La Belle et la Bête (1991) received at the Sundanc Show more
[on the standing ovation that an unfinished La Belle et la Bête (1991) received at the Sundance Film Festival] I felt like a cross between the pope and 'Eva Peron'. It was incredible. Hide
I think animation at its heart, all good animation, is allegory for us as human beings.
I think animation at its heart, all good animation, is allegory for us as human beings.
My sense of operating and working with a team of people is, you know, let's team up, let's talk abou Show more
My sense of operating and working with a team of people is, you know, let's team up, let's talk about it, let's react and kinda coach and cheer-lead and psychotherapy everybody into the right room. Then it would inevitably blow up and people would run screaming with their hair on fire from the room and I think that balance of comfort and teamwork and mutual support along with terror and infighting and screaming is what makes great art. Not just in an animation studio but historically, whether you're an architect building buildings or whether you're a painter painting a ceiling. All those things go into making great art. Hide
I remember when we were almost finished with Le Roi Lion (1994) and we brought Ollie Johnston and Fr Show more
I remember when we were almost finished with Le Roi Lion (1994) and we brought Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas down to watch it. These were two guys who taught all of us and they liked it but they had that, you know, air of "I have a few notes". Hide
... you tend to categorize animation as a genre as opposed to a technique.
... you tend to categorize animation as a genre as opposed to a technique.
The best thing about Le Roi Lion (1994) is that together we made something that not one of us could Show more
The best thing about Le Roi Lion (1994) is that together we made something that not one of us could have made on our own and that is a very magical thing. Hide
[When asked what Walt Disney would think of La belle au bois dormant éveillée (2009)] Show more
[When asked what Walt Disney would think of La belle au bois dormant éveillée (2009)] He wouldn't like that it goes into so much detail about things behind the scenes because he wanted the audience's perception about the studio to be this kind of fantasy. At it's heart though it's a story about people and Walt would have loved that. Hide
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