Disney Renaissance

The Disney Renaissance was an era of Disney animated features from 1989 to 1999 when Disney made movies that were successful with critics and audiences. Between the years 1989 and 1994 came The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and The Lion King (1994). These films earned Oscar nominations and wins. The Rescuers Down Under (1990) is the only film of Disney Renaissance that bombed at the box office. Later Disney animated films released in the mid to late 1990s included Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), and Tarzan (1999).

Disney Renaissance Media

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  The Roy E. Disney Animation Building, opened in 1995 as the new location for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

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  The original Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios, which the animation department left in 1985.

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  1400 Flower Street in Glendale, where several films immediately predating the Disney Renaissance through Pocahontas were partially produced.

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  1400 Air Way in Glendale, where several films of the Disney Renaissance were partially produced.

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  622/610 Circle 7 Drive (the Hart-Dannon Building), where several films of the Disney Renaissance were partially produced.