Zootopia was directed by a person.
Byron P. Howard ( born December 26 , 1968 ) is an American film director , producer , screenwriter , animator , story artist and occasional voice actor at Walt Disney Animation Studios . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Tangled and won for Zootopia . Zootopia . The film was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore , co-directed by Jared Bush , and stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin , Jason Bateman , Idris Elba , Jenny Slate , Nate Torrence , Bonnie Hunt , Don Lake , Tommy Chong , J. K. Simmons , Octavia Spencer , Alan Tudyk , and Shakira .