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Disney director John Musker retired today. One of the directing team who brought you Great Mouse, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Treasure Planet, Princess and the Frog and Moana! He is planning on making his own short films. What do you think, end of an era?

We got to wish legendary director John Musker a Happy Retirement! It was an honor and a sheer delight to have worked under John on Moana! John was an inspiration, having directed classic Disney films such as “The Little Mermaid”, “Aladdin”, “Hercules”, “Princess and the Frog” and most recently “Moana”! We’ll miss you John! Best of luck on your animated short!

Fantastic retirement party/roast for legendary director John Musker. Lots of hilarity and emotion. I feel extremely fortunate to have gotten the chance to work with you. Good luck with your short film. Cheers John!

There was a huge turnout for John Musker's launch party for his short film project! Meanwhile, we celebrated the conclusion of his 40 years at Disney Animation. Thank you, John!

He is going to be making a 2D short!

John will be doing his own short animated film!

I wonder why they left Aladdin out?

Well, we were more or less prepared for this, because he and Ron Clements said in interviews that Moana was probably going to be their last Disney film, but it's still sad news. I was hoping they would maybe change their minds and direct at least one more feature before retiring. Anyway, he's had a long and succesful career at Disney and I'm glad he's not retiring completely and will make a short film, and in 2D no less! I'm really looking forward to it. Also, it will be interesting to see how his work as a solo director is.

Q: Steve, do you know if Ron Clements is planning to leave Disney too?

Steve Hulett: I believe Ron is working on a book on Walt Disney Animation Studios and will be working there for the foreseeable future. I DO know the John Musker elected to retire a few months ago, and did.

Now, with more than 40 years in the business, he’s still not ready to call it quits, even though his longtime writing, producing and directing partner, John Musker, retired from Disney earlier this year.

“I’m not retiring quite yet,” Clements cautioned. "I’m working on something, but I’m not supposed to talk about it. John’s working on a project, too, but we are at that age.”

With seven films on their combined resume, Clements and Musker “did pretty much everything we wanted to do. There were a couple of films we were excited about that never saw the light of day. But we’re pretty happy. Most of the projects we’ve gotten involved with got made.”

That elusive Oscar aside, the two have seen most of their dreams come true. “You never say never,” Clements admits about the Academy Award. “But it’s probably unlikely. ‘Moana’ was our last shot, but who knows?”

I wish Musker would come back for one last film

It’s interesting so many people like Cooley, Andrews, Teddy Newton and Unkrich have left Pixar. Is Andrew Stanton still working there as he has been doing Netflix shows? Disney has lost some directors as John Musker and Ron Clements are at WB now and Rich Moore is at Sony and Chris williams snd Nathan Greno left Disney. It will be interesting to see what these people do elsewhere.