Rob Clements and John Musker Winsor McCay Award Recipients 2020

The Winsor McCay Award, named for the most influential of character animation pioneers, was the first Annie Award established by ASIFA-Hollywood and is awarded to a maximum of three individuals annually in recognition of lifetime or career contributions in direction, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical expertise, music, education, or for other endeavors which exhibit an outstanding devotion to and promotion of excellence in the art of animation.

RON CLEMENTS AND JOHN MUSKER
One of the most successful and impactful producing and directing teams in the history of animation, Ron Clements and John Musker are key figures in what has become known as the Disney Renaissance and the revitalization of the animation industry. Both hailing from the Midwest, John and Ron first met in the late 1970s as trainees at the Walt Disney Studio, where they learned their craft from master animator Frank Thomas. After animating on the feature films as The Rescuers (1977) and The Fox and the Hound (1981), the two collaborated on story work for The Black Cauldron (1985). John and Ron then moved into direction, sharing directing duties with Burny Mattinson and Dave Michener for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), for which Ron also provided the story. Their creative partnership was established with The Little Mermaid (1989), which they wrote and directed. A string of modern classics followed, including Aladdin (1992), Hercules (1997), Treasure Planet (2002), The Princess and the Frog (2009) – which represented the Disney Studio’s return to traditional hand-drawn animation – and most recently Moana (2016), their first digitally-animated feature. Both John and Ron were credited for “Creative Leadership” on the 2014 feature Big Hero Six, but it has been their joint creative influence over the entire industry for the past three decades that has inspired and helped revive it, resulting in the thriving cinematic art form we recognize today

[faronthompson]

Ron Clements & John Musker Films are
The Great Mouse Detective 1986
The Little Mermaid 1989
Aladdin 1992
Hercules 1997
Treasure Planet 2002
The Princess & the Frog 2009
Moana 2016

Great Disney Animators of their times

[disney]

Treasure Planet is their best film! And it needs to be re-released in theaters in 3D, IMAX 3D, and even 4DX so that it'll finally get all the huge and unlimited amount of praise, attention, love, representation, and support that it rightfully deserves worldwide!

[MrGabeanator]

John Musker and Ron Clements receiving the lifetime acheivement award in animation from not only one of their closest collegues and friends but the man who some of the best scenes in their movies its too damn perfect and Jodi Benson is the cherry on top

[Raccatoons]

Great video, but there's a typo in the title! It's Ron, not Rob

[liamdargen]

These two should've been awarded a long time ago. The industry has treated them like shit for years. These two saved animation with Little Mermaid and the majority doesn't know who the fuck they are. As much as I love Zootopia and Kubo, they should've won the Oscar.