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Max Howard(I)

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Max Howard
Max Howard created and ran animation studios for The Walt Disney Company in London, Paris, Orlando and Los Angeles, working on some of Disney's most memorable films including Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. As President of Warner Bros Feature Animation, he oversaw such hit movies as The Iron Giant and Space Jam. At DreamWorks, he was co-executive producer for Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron.

Max served as an executive producer on the recently completed animated feature film and TV series, 100% Wolf, being produced in Australia by Flying Bark Animation Productions. In addition, Max was an executive producer on the Christmas movie, Saving Santa, and a slate of animated feature films for Exodus Film Group: Igor, The Hero of Color City, and Bunyan and Babe.

Throughout his illustrious animation career, Max Howard has worked with UNICEF to bring health and social messages to developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and South America through the use of animation, underscoring the important role this medium can bring to overcome ethnic and social prejudices.

Max is a sought-after animation consultant; and a feature animation guest speaker/lecturer/panelist - both in person and on-line - at art schools, universities, festivals and industry events worldwide, as well as acting in an advisory capacity developing the animation curriculum with numerous schools.

He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Max is the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Teesside University in the United Kingdom in recognition of his services to the animation industry.

Max is a DeTao Master providing lectures at universities throughout China on the development, production and distribution of animated films. Max has also been working with local producers, adapting classic Chinese stories as animated features targeting international distribution.

Max is a Associate Professor at Communications University of China, Nanjing as well.

Last year, Max joined the Academy of Film, School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University as part of their Fellowship Programme.

Max divides his time between his homes in Los Angeles and London
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Known for

Matt Damon in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
7.2
  • Producer
  • 2002
Space Jam (1996)
Space Jam
6.5
  • Additional Crew
  • 1996
Frank Sinatra, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner, Joanna Cassidy, Bob Hoskins, Jim Cummings, and Charles Fleischer in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
7.7
  • Animation Department
  • 1988
Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, Sean Hayes, and Molly Shannon in Igor (2008)
Igor
5.9
  • Producer
  • 2008

Credits

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Producer

  • Drew's World
    • executive producer
    • Pre-production
  • 100% Wolf: Book of Hath
    • executive producer
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
  • Pastoral
    • executive producer
    • Pre-production
  • Rupert Degas, Jane Lynch, Loren Gray, Jai Courtney, Samara Weaving, and Ilai Swindells in 100% Wolf (2020)
    100% Wolf
    • executive producer
    • 2020
  • John Goodman, Jeff Foxworthy, and Johnny Orlando in Bunyan and Babe (2017)
    Bunyan and Babe
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 2017
  • The Hero of Color City (2014)
    The Hero of Color City
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Saving Santa (2013)
    Saving Santa
    • executive producer
    • Video
    • 2013
  • Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, Sean Hayes, and Molly Shannon in Igor (2008)
    Igor
    • producer
    • 2008
  • Silverwing (2003)
    Silverwing
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2003
  • Matt Damon in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
    Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
    • co-executive producer
    • 2002

Additional Crew

  • The Grand Night
    • consultant
    • 2022
  • The Iron Giant (1999)
    The Iron Giant
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • 1999
  • Cary Elwes, Eric Idle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Don Rickles, and Jaleel White in Quest for Camelot (1998)
    Quest for Camelot
    • studio executive
    • 1998
  • Space Jam (1996)
    Space Jam
    • studio executive
    • 1996
  • Runaway Brain (1995)
    Runaway Brain
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1995
  • Irene Bedard in Pocahontas (1995)
    Pocahontas
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • 1995
  • Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)
    The Lion King
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • 1994
  • Robin Williams, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Linda Larkin, Douglas Seale, Scott Weinger, and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1992)
    Aladdin
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • 1992
  • Barry Cook in Off His Rockers (1992)
    Off His Rockers
    • studio executive
    • Short
    • 1992
  • Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    Beauty and the Beast
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • 1991
  • Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, Tristan Rogers, Adam Ryen, and Frank Welker in The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
    The Rescuers Down Under
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • 1990
  • Charlie Adler, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Arthur Burghardt, and Bill Farmer in The Prince and the Pauper (1990)
    The Prince and the Pauper
    • studio executive
    • Short
    • 1990
  • Jodi Benson in The Little Mermaid (1989)
    The Little Mermaid
    • studio executive (uncredited)
    • 1989

Actor

  • Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, Sean Hayes, and Molly Shannon in Igor (2008)
    Igor
    • Killiseum Fan #3 (voice)
    • 2008
  • Poor Cow (1967)
    Poor Cow
    • Child in Street (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Pamela Franklin and Mark Lester in Our Mother's House (1967)
    Our Mother's House
    • Schoolboy (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Wendy Hiller, John Stride, and Ted Willis in Knock on Any Door (1965)
    Knock on Any Door
    • Dave
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • John Barrie and William Gaunt in Sergeant Cork (1963)
    Sergeant Cork
    • Billy
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
    The Heroes of Telemark
    • Child on Ferry (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
    • Boy in Crowd (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Ingrid Bergman, Shirley MacLaine, Alain Delon, Rex Harrison, George C. Scott, Omar Sharif, and Jeanne Moreau in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
    The Yellow Rolls-Royce
    • Boy in Stately Home (uncredited)
    • 1964
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  • Born
    • 1952
    • Battle, East Sussex, England, UK

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