Clark Spencer (born April 6, 1963) is an American film producer, businessman and studio executive best known for his work at

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, and for winning the

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for Best Animated Feature for his work on '' Zootopia'' and '' Encanto''.

Biography

Spencer was born in

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, Washington, and attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon from September 1977 to June 1981. Spencer graduated from

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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

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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'', ''

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'' 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

Short films

Awards

;

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* 2008 – Nominated: Best Animated Motion Picture for '' Bolt'' * 2012 – Won: Best Animated Motion Picture for ''

'' * 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'' ;

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* 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''

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* 1963 births American animated film producers American chief executives American chief executives in the mass media industry American film studio executives Businesspeople from Seattle Chairmen of The Walt Disney Company Disney executives Living people Walt Disney Animation Studios people American film producers Harvard University alumni Producers who won the Best Animated Feature Academy Award {{US-film-producer-stub