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Don Hahn is best known for having produced the classic Beauty and the Beast, the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. He also produced a few other little movies you may have heard of, like The Lion King, and The Emperor’s New Groove. He’s rather less well known as an (uncredited) animation assistant on Pete’s Dragon, Disney’s big release of the 1977 holiday season, and as an assistant director on 1981’s The Fox and the Hound, both of which are profoundly loved in my house.

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• How he got started working for Disney and what he did a first
• How his musical background helped him in his role as a director
• What it was like seeing his work on the big screen for the first time
• The first time he remembers thinking, “I’m doing something really special here”
• What his new book, Yesterday’s Tomorrow, is about
• Why the mid-century approach and outlook spread so widely and was so broadly embraced
• What the most fascinating things were he discovered while writing the book
• Whether he has any plans to revisit any of the topics in this book in some form at another time
• The documentary he’s working on about playwright and renowned lyricist Howard Ashman
• His advice to you for following your dream—spoiler alert: it involves horses … kind of