Mark Henn

Mark Alan Henn (born April 6, 1958) is an American animator and film director. His work includes animated characters for Walt Disney Animation Studios films, most notably leading or titular characters and heroines. He served as the lead animator for Basil, Dr. David Q. Dawson, and Olivia in The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Oliver, Jenny, and Dodger in Oliver & Company (1988), Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989), Bernard and Bianca in The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Belle in Beauty and the Beast (1991), Jasmine in Aladdin (1992), Young Simba in The Lion King (1994), the title character in Mulan (1998), Grace, Wesley, Rusty, and Pearl Gesner in Home on the Range (2004), Ronno in Bambi (2006), Tiana in The Princess and the Frog (2009), and Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh (2011). Since many of these characters are Disney Princesses, he came to be known as the "princess guy" around the studio. He directed the short films John Henry (2000) and D.I.Y. Duck (2024). Henn spent a total of 43 years at Walt Disney Animation Studios, from 1980 until his retirement in 2023.