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My Take
I have a soft spot for producers like Clark Spencer, the people who never step into the spotlight yet hold an entire film together. A Seattle kid with a Harvard degree who chose animation over Wall Street already tells you something about his instincts. What impresses me most is the range: Zootopia's sharp social satire and Encanto's tender family epic could not feel more different, yet both took Best Animated Feature. That is not luck, that is taste applied consistently. Running Disney Animation since 2019, he could easily be a cold executive, but the warmth of those films makes me suspect otherwise. The best names are the quiet ones.
Overview
Clark Spencer (born March 25, 1963) 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Clark Spencer
- Name (Japanese)
- クラーク・スペンサー
- Reading
- くらーく・すぺんさー
- Born
- April 6, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Woodrow Wilson High School
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- 2022 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.