John Musker

January 5, 2024
Director

Quick Facts

John Musker
Full Name John Musker
Occupation Director
Date Of Birth Nov 8, 1953(1953-11-08)
Age 71
Birthplace Chicago
Country United States
Birth City Illinois
Horoscope Scorpio

John Musker Biography

Name John Musker
Birthday Nov 8
Birth Year 1953
Place Of Birth Chicago
Home Town Illinois
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Scorpio
Siblings Martin Musker, Maureen Musker, Terri Pierzchala, Robert Musker, Patricia Musker, Colleen Musker, Kathleen Musker
Spouse Gale Musker
Children(s) Julia Musker, Jackson Musker, Patrick Musker

John Musker is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on November 8, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Writer and director of the classic Disney animation films Aladdin as well as The Little Mermaid, as and The Princess and the Frog.

He was the director of Disney films that included songs written by He directed Disney films that featured songs by Randy Newman..

John Edward Musker (born November 8, 1953) is an American animator, animation director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Ron Clements, he makes up the duo of one of the Disney animation studio’s leading director teams.

With The Little Mermaid in production in 1986, Musker joined Clements in expanding the original treatment into a twenty-page rough script, eliminating the role of the mermaid’s grandmother and expanding the roles of the Merman King and the sea witch, and were later joined by Off-Broadway musical composers Howard Ashman and Alan Menken who collaborated on the song and musical score. Released in November 1989, The Little Mermaid was praised as a milestone in rebirth of Disney animation by film critics and collected a domestic gross of $84 million, cumulatively receiving $184.2 million worldwide.

He was born within Chicago in the city of Chicago. He was also the youngest from eight kids.

John Musker Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Director
House Living in own house.

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

He was a student along with He went to college with Tim Burton at the California Institute of the Arts. at the California Institute of the Arts.

His directorial debut was alongside three other collaborators in the movie The Great Mouse Detective.

He attended Loyola Academy in Illinois and then graduated from the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, where he majored in English and drew cartoons for the Daily Northwestern. After that, he served a two-year apprenticeship with famed animator Frank Thomas, a supervising animator of Disney films such as Peter Pan (1953), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and The Aristocats (1970). Musker met Ron Clements during the production of The Fox and the Hound in 1981, where he worked as a character animator under Clements and Cliff Nordberg. Musker teamed up with Clements as story artists on The Black Cauldron before they were removed from the project.

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Who is John Musker Dating?

According to our records, John Musker married to Gale Musker. As of December 1, 2023, John Musker’s is not dating anyone.

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When John Lasseter was appointed chief creative officer over Walt Disney Feature Animation in February 2006, he invited Clements and Musker back to Disney to oversee production on The Frog Princess, and were officially confirmed as directors in the following July. Later re-titled The Princess and the Frog, the film received positive reviews and grossed $267 million worldwide.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Musker celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.

After directing The Princess and the Frog, Clements and Musker started working on an adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Mort, but obtaining the film rights prevented them from continuing with the project. To avoid similar problems, they pitched three new ideas, where by 2011, the two directors started developing the film based on an original idea. In late 2012, the duo announced that they will be directing a new film in the future, but they have their lips sealed for the title, the plot, and the animation style.

Who is Ron Clements and John Musker?

Ron Clements and John Musker, one of the most formidable directing pairs in modern animation , are lined up to produce – and possibly direct – a DC superhero film for Warner Animation Group (WAG).

When was John Musker born?

November 8, 1953 (age 68 years)

Who was Moana made by?

Moana Waialiki of Motunui is the title character of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 56th animated feature Moana (2016). Created by directors Ron Clements and John Musker , Moana is originally voiced by Hawaiian actress and singer Auliʻi Cravalho. As a toddler, she is voiced by Louise Bush.

What year did Moana come out?

November 23, 2016 (USA)

Who created Princess and the Frog?

The Princess and the Frog was written and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker , whose earlier works included The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Hercules. The story for the film was developed by merging two other projects in development at the time.

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