English Movie Review Zootopia - Cast & Crew

Ginnifer Goodwin is originally known as Jennifer Michelle Goodwin, was born on May 22, 1978. She has been working as an actress in the American film industry as well as has appeared on the television. Her birth place being Memphis, Tennessee and her mother was Linda, who was a teacher and had also served Apple and FedEx. She was the daughter of Tim Goodwin, who was the owner of a recording studio. In order to have a unique name with an individual identity, Goodwin changed her name from Jennifer to Ginnifer. Tim and Linda has a younger daughter named, Melissa Goodwin, who works as an illustrator in movies like Robot Chicken. Goodwin’s mother being a Jew and her father, belonged to the Welsh category, so Ginnifer was brought up in a very unique manner, she was a regular at the Jewish prayer house on Saturdays and went to Church on Sundays. She followed both the Jewish and the Christian rituals, she got baptized and also followed the bat mitzvah services. She completed his school days at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee. Later in 1996, for her graduation, she went to Lausanne Collegiate School. After that to pursue her career in theater, she attended Hanover College for a year and then went to Boston University to attain her degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts. As a part of Boston University, Ginnifer, took part in several acts and short films and also represented her college in small stage productions in and out of the University. At Boston University her performance was very well appreciated and the Bette Davis Foundation also awarded her with the “Excellence in Acting: Professional Promise Award". After her graduation course at the Boston University, she went off to England to study at the Shakespeare Institute in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company. At the London Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, she was awarded with the Acting Shakespeare Certificate.

She is a record producer, singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, and model. She is famous for her music videos in which sings and performs as well. Her belly dancing abilities influence people towards her videos. Her song ‘Hips don’t lie’ was one of the best-selling songs of its era. Along with two Grammy Awards and Golden Globe nomination, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame makes her one of the most celebrated Latin artists of all time. Born in Barranquilla, Columbia, she was raised as a Roman Catholic. Lone child of William Mebarak Chadid and Nidia Ripoll, her name is derived from an Arabic word ‘sakirah’ which means grateful. She started writing poems at the age of four which eventually evolved into songs for her music albums. She started performing in various events of Barranquilla and gained some recognition. About this time, she met a local producer Monica Ariza, who convinced a Sony Colombia executive to hold an audition for Shakira. After which, she was signed for three albums. Her debut album, Magia, a collection of all songs she has made since she was eight was released when she was thirteen years old.

Born on 26th December in 1968 in Misawa, Japan, Byron was brought up in Issaquah, Washington, United States. He studied at the Evergreen State College in Olympia of Washington. Having Birth Name as Byron P. Howard, he is a powerhouse of Talent. He is a Director, Animator, Producer, Screenwriter, and a voice actor. For the start of his career as an animator with Disney in 1994, he has undertaken various responsibilities there. He started his journey with as an animator and worked on his first film “Pocahontas” in 1995. He then went on to animate another film in 1998 “Mulan”.

American film and TV animation director Rich Moore is associated with masterful artistry and film writing concept and heads the ‘Walt Disney Animation Studios’ (WDAS) and even another animation production house ‘Rough Draft Studios’ (RDS). He is responsible for directing some of the best-beloved animation TV shows and computer animated feature films too. Thus he had built up a rich legacy of innovations and creativity as a creative partner of two studios (WDS and RDS).

Clark Spencer was born on April 6th, 1963. He was born and brought up in Seattle, Washington. He is an American Business man, Studio Executive and Film Producer. He moved from Washington to Massachusetts for his studies. He graduated with a History degree in 1985 from the Harvard University. After graduation, he worked at the Wall Street with Bankers Trust Company. In 1990 he graduated from the Harvard Business School. Clark then joined Walt Disney Studios. He was employed as a senior business planner in ‘Walt Disney Studios’. In 1993 he was the director of planning in Disney Feature Animation. He became successful and reached heights and he became a part of buying Miramax Films.

John Lasseter is an American animator and the Chief Creative Advisor of Walt Disney Imagineering. He is responsible for the creation of films like "Luxo Jr" (1986), "Toy Story" (1995), "A Bug’s Life"1998), "Toy Story 2" (1999), "Cars" (2006), and "Cars 2" (2011). He has won two Oscars for- Best Animated Short film (for Tin Toy) and a Special Achievement Award (for Toy Story).

Jason Bateman, born on 14th of January, 1969, is a director, producer and a critically acclaimed actor who rose to fame from very early age. He started his career with a cereal TV commercial for Golden Grahams in 1980. After that, Bateman got a role in a sitcom named Little House on the Prairie. He worked on another TV show Silver Spoons from 1982 to 1984. In 1984, he appeared in many small roles on TV shows like Knight Rider. In the same year, he also worked in a lead role on a short TV series, It's Your Move for a year.