Howard Ashman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1950. After studying at Goddard College, he earned his MFA from Indiana University, then moved to New York, where he began a career in publishing.

Howard Ashman is responsible for bringing some of the most beloved Disney movie musicals to life like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and more. Known for his frequent collaborations ...

Few individuals had as much of an impact on the resurgence of Disney Animation than lyricist and screenwriter Howard Ashman. Ashman, whose brilliance was well-known thanks to the Off-Broadway musical ...

The new documentary “Howard” profiles the life and work of Howard Ashman, the legendary lyricist whose music and words on stage and in Disney films helped inspire a golden age of stories and musicals.

The new documentary “Howard,” directed by Don Hahn, is an intimate portrait of the life of lyricist Howard Ashman, who worked on the soundtracks for beloved Broadway musicals and Disney animated films ...

The most undeniably moving moments in Don Hahn’s tremendous 2009 documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, which charted the return of Disney Animation’s cultural dominance after decades in hibernation, ...

Generations of children have grown up on the works of Howard Ashman. Along with composer Alan Menken, he wrote the songs and was crucial to the development of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty ...

Hahn tells much of Ashman’s early life in narration over family photos. Ashman’s family tell stories and some audio of Ashman himself winds up in this section. Ashman’s partner was Stuart White and ...

Lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken set off an age of rebirth for Disney Animation with their humorous, humanistic work on classics “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast.” Much ...

Services to share this page. EXCLUSIVE: If you love a song from a classic Disney animated feature, it is likely that Howard Ashman was the mind behind the words. Don Hahn’s documentary Howard takes a ...

Disney honors one of its own with “Howard,” an emotional documentary tribute to the late “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin” lyricist Howard Ashman. Teamed with composer Alan ...