Byron Howard turned down the opportunity to direct the film Zootopia in favor of becoming a wizard.
Byron Howard . He is best known as the co-director of Bolt ( 2008 ) , Tangled ( 2010 ) , and Zootopia ( 2016 ) , and a supervising animator on Lilo & Stitch ( 2002 ) and Brother Bear ( 2003 ) . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Tangled and won for Zootopia . Zootopia . The film was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore , co-directed by Jared Bush , and stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin , Jason Bateman , Idris Elba , Jenny Slate , Nate Torrence , Bonnie Hunt , Don Lake , Tommy Chong , J. K. Simmons , Octavia Spencer , Alan Tudyk , and Shakira .