Peter Schneider (movie exec)

Peter Schneider became President of Feature Animation for The Walt Disney Company's Walt Disney Studios in 1985cite web | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Jan_8/ai_53533546 | title=Disney Animation, Theater Head Named President of Disney Studios | accessdate=2008-05-12 | publisher=Business Wire] and was responsible for turning the feature animation department around and creating some of the most critically acclaimed and highest grossing animated features that Disney released: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988), "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991, the first animated feature to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture), "Aladdin" (1992), and "The Lion King" (1994), the highest domestic grossing animated film of all time until 2003. He also sealed the deal that created the highly successful partnership between Pixar and Disney. He was promoted to studio chief in 1999xxx] . In 2001, Peter shocked the industry when it was announced that he was leaving Disney to form his own theater production company [cite web | title=Peter Schneider to Leave Disney | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_June_20/ai_75666085 | publisher=Business Wire | accessdate=2008-05-12] .

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