Rich Moore

Richard L. Moore[1] (born May 10, 1963)[2] is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor.

[4] Included in his CalArts class were famous filmmakers such as Andrew Stanton, Brenda Chapman, and Jim Reardon.

After graduating from CalArts, Moore worked for Ralph Bakshi on CBS's Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, co-writing all 13 season 1 episodes in 1987.

[7] He served as supervising director on the 2009 animated Fox television series Sit Down, Shut Up.

[7] In 2008, he was invited by John Lasseter to join Walt Disney Animation Studios as a director, with the suggestion that he develop a story set in the world of video games.

[17] Moore's next animated feature film was Disney's Zootopia, which he directed alongside Byron Howard and co-director Jared Bush.