Abigail Disney

Quick Facts

Full Name	Abigail Disney
Occupation	Film Producer
Date Of Birth	Jan 24, 1960(1960-01-24)
Age	64
Birthplace	California
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Abigail Disney Biography

Abigail Disney is one of the most popular and richest Film Producer who was born on January 24, 1960 in California, United States. Abigail Edna Disney (born January 24, 1960) is an American documentary filmmaker, philanthropist, and social activist. She produced the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, and is the executive producer, writer, and director of The Armor of Light, which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary.

In 2008, Disney launched Peace is Loud, a nonprofit organization that uses media and live events to spotlight women leaders build a culture of peace. Disney is the founder and president.

In 2007, she and Gini Reticker founded Fork Films, a New York-based production company. She is the president and CEO, and Reticker is the chief creative officer. In 2009, Fork Films and Film Sprout partnered together to create Pray the Devil Back to Hell’s Global Peace Tour, a nine-month grassroots screening tour that culminated on the United Nations’ International Day of Peace on September 21, 2009. The tour brought the film to 31 foreign countries and 235 U.S. cities in 45 different states. The film highlights the bravery and sacrifice of its lead figure, Leymah Gbowee, who received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.

In 2011, Disney traveled with Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee, to the Congo to spend a week working with other women peace activists and to explore ideas for building peace in their country. The following year, they visited Sri Lanka, where women activists launched the Sri Lankan Women’s Agenda on Peace, Security and Development, inspired by Gbowee’s legacy.

Disney and her husband Pierre Hauser created The Daphne Foundation in 1991 in order to fund programs that confront the causes and consequences of poverty in the five boroughs of New York City.

Abigail Disney Net Worth

Abigail Disney is one of the richest Film Producer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Abigail Disney 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Abigail Disney was raised in North Hollywood, California, and graduated from Buckley School, Yale University (BA, 1982), Stanford University (MA), and Columbia University (PhD). She is the daughter of Patricia Ann (née Dailey) and Roy E. Disney and granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company with her great-uncle Walt Disney. While pursuing her PhD, Disney taught English and American literature at Iona College and wrote a dissertation on the role of romanticized violence in American life.

Disney married Pierre Norman Hauser in 1988. She lives in New York City and has four children.

She turned to the family business of filmmaking with a documentary film, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, directed by Gini Reticker. Pray the Devil Back to Hell brought to light the work of Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee by telling the story about the critical role women played in bringing peace to war torn Liberia. Pray the Devil Back to Hell won Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008, and screened in 60 countries around the world on all seven continents.

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Who is Abigail Disney Dating?

According to our records, Abigail Disney married to Pierre Hauser. As of December 1, 2023, Abigail Disney’s is not dating anyone.

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Disney executive produced The Trials of Spring (2015), which includes a feature-length documentary and six short films..

Facts & Trivia

Abigail Ranked on the list of most popular Film Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Abigail Disney celebrates birthday on January 24 of every year.

On April 21, 2019, Abigail Disney, through several tweets, criticized Disney CEO Bob Iger’s compensation. In 2018, Iger earned a $66 million package, while in 2019, his compensation package was estimated to be approximately $35 million. One month before this statement, she had claimed that CEOs are generally “paid far too much,” saying that “there is nobody on Earth [who is] worth 500 times his median workers’ pay.” On April 22, Disney Corporation responded in a statement that the company has made “historic investments” in its workers’ pay and benefits, and defended the CEO’s compensation, which it said is “90% performance-based.” The company stated that Iger “has delivered exceptional value for shareholders.” On April 23, The Washington Post published an op-ed by Abigail Disney where she again criticized the “never [before] so profitable” Disney corporation and called for pay equity reform. Disney herself has a net worth of 120 million dollars. Again turning to Twitter in 2020, Disney publicly criticized the corporation for furloughing hundreds of thousands of low paid workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

How is Abigail Disney related to Walt Disney?

Abigail Disney knows what it’s like to be rich. The filmmaker and activist is the granddaughter of Roy Disney, the co-founder of Walt Disney Co and brother of Walt Disney.

How much does Abigail Disney own?

Net Worth: $120 Million
Nationality:| United States of America

What did Abigail Disney say?

Walt Disney Company heiress Abigail Disney, a documentary filmmaker, is criticizing the entertainment multinational for what she described as a “slow and bungled reaction ” to Florida’s new “Don’t Say Gay” education law, but she says conservatives pushing back against the company have picked the wrong fight.

How old is Abigail Disney?

62 years (January 24, 1960)

Who is the richest Disney family member?

Most of the family have stayed out of the movie business and concentrated on giving back. And no name within the Disney family is bigger in the philanthropic world than Abigail Disney , the grandchild of Roy Disney. Wealthy Gorilla has her down with a net worth of $120 million.