Moana is a Disney movie.
Lin-Manuel Miranda ( born January 16 , 1980 ) is an American playwright and composer best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights . Māui (mythology) . He appears as a demigod and a primary character in the 2016 Disney film Moana , and was voiced by Dwayne Johnson ; Maui is armed with a magical fish hook . Moana ( [ moʊˈɑːnə ] ) is a 2016 American computer-animated musical fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . It is the 56th Disney animated feature film . Temuera Morrison . Recently , he became known for voicing Chief Tui , the father of the title character in Disney 's Moana ( 2016 ) .