Clark Spencer

Clark Spencer is an American film producer, businessman and studio executive serving as President of Walt Disney Animation Studios since 2019. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature for his work on Zootopia and Encanto.

Biography

Spencer was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon from September 1977 to June 1981. Spencer graduated from Harvard University in 1985 with a degree in history.

He joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1993. He was director of planning but moved on to be senior vice president of finance and operations. He moved on to the Florida animation division of the company where he was the head of studio before becoming the producer of Lilo & Stitch (2002). Since then, Spencer has gone on to also produce the Disney animated film Bolt, as well as Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia.

He was involved in the purchase of Miramax Films in the early 1990s.

In August 2019, Spencer was named president of Walt Disney Animation Studios after Andrew Millstein was moved over to co-president of Blue Sky Studios.

Filmography Feature films Year Title ProducerStudioLeadership 2002 Lilo & Stitch 2007 Meet the Robinsons 2008 Bolt 2009 The Princess and the Frog 2010 Tangled 2011 Winnie the Pooh 2012 Wreck-It Ralph 2013 Frozen 2014 Big Hero 6 2016 Zootopia Moana 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet 2019 Frozen 2 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Encanto 2022 Strange World 2023 Wish 2024 Moana 2 2025 Zootopia 2

Short films Year Title Producer 2009 Super Rhino

Awards Producers Guild of America 2008 – Nominated: Best Animated Motion Picture for Bolt 2012 – Won: Best Animated Motion Picture for Wreck-It Ralph 2016 – Won: Best Animated Motion Picture for Zootopia 2018 – Nominated: Best Animated Motion Picture for Ralph Breaks the Internet 2022 – Won: Best Animated Motion Picture for Encanto

Academy Award 2016 – Won: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Zootopia 2019 – Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Ralph Breaks the Internet 2022 – Won: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Encanto