Peter Schneider(VII)

Writer
Production Manager
Producer

Director Don Hahn and producer Peter Schneider, key players at Walt Disney Studios Feature Animation department during the mid1980s, offer a behind-the-magic glimpse of the turbulent times the Animation Studio was going through and the staggering output of hits that followed over the next ten years.

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Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

Peter Schneider is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The John Gore Organization and an internationally-acclaimed producer and director. He is the recipient of a Best Musical Tony Award for producing The Lion King on Broadway, and he directed productions of My Life with Men...and Other Animals (New York, Italy, Romania), Pal Joey (Pasadena, CA, Little Rock, AK), Sister Act, TheMusical (London, Atlanta, Pasadena), and Hot L Baltimore (Romania). Schneider also produced the award-winning 2009 documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty about Disney Animation from 1984 - 1994. During a seventeen-year tenure at the Walt Disney Company, he spearheaded the creation of over fifty films including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast (Golden Globe Award), The Little Mermaid, Toy Story and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In addition to JGO, Schneider serves on the boards of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The American Theatre Wing (co-producer of the Tony Awards). He is also a world champion bridge player, having won the Transnational Open Teams in Estoril, Portugal.

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Tyler Bunch, Peter Linz, Veronica Taylor, Marc Thompson, Matt Vogel, Lenore Zann, Olexa Hewryk, Meredith Zeitlin, Jacqueline Moody, Don Moody, and Mirm Kriegel in Word World (2007)

Word World

6.8

TV Series

Writer

We Always Lie to Strangers

7.3

Producer

2013

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

5.5

Producer

1996

Waking Sleeping Beauty

7.5

Producer

2009

Credits

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Writer

Word World
6.8
TV Series
- creator
- 2007–2011

Production Management

Tarzan
7.3
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1999
Mulan
7.7
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1998
Hercules
7.3
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1997
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.0
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1996
Pocahontas
6.7
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1995
The Lion King
8.5
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1994
Aladdin
8.0
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1992
Beauty and the Beast
8.0
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1991
The Rescuers Down Under
6.8
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1990
The Little Mermaid
7.6
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1989
Oliver & Company
6.6
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
7.7
- production manager (uncredited)
- 1988
The Great Mouse Detective
7.1
- production executive (uncredited)
- 1986

Producer

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Personal details

Born
- November 10, 1950
- Wisconsin, USA
Spouse
- Hope TschopikOctober 30, 1983 - present (2 children)

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Trivia
In February of 1986, an inter-office memo was sent out to Disney employees in Schneider's name announcing the renaming of the studio's most beloved classics. The fake memo originated from animator Ed Gombert, who was deeply upset over the company's decision to rename "Basil of Baker Street" as The Great Mouse Detective (1986). Schneider was furious over the memo and attempted to find the author so he could fire him to no avail. A copy of the memo eventually landed in the pages of the LA Times and later became a category called "What's In A Name?" on Jeopardy! (1984).