Peter Schneider is an American film executive, film producer and theatrical producer. He is best known for being, from 1985 to 1999, the president of Disney's feature animation department, which became known as
Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1986, and was responsible for helping to turn the feature animation department around and creating some of the most critically acclaimed and highest grossing animated features that Disney released in a period that became known as the "
Disney Renaissance".
He was promoted to studio chief in 1999. In 2001, Schneider left Disney to form his own theater production company. His first major production, developed in association with
Michael Reno Michael Reno (born October 27, 1952 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer, arranger, orchestrator, and theatrical producer who is a frequent collaborator of theatrical entrepreneur Peter Schneider.
Reno is a member of the Reno family ...
, was ''
Sister Act'' which opened at the London Palladium in 2009. Peter graduated from Purdue University in 1972 with a theater degree.
Along with producer
Don Hahn
Donald Paul Hahn (born November 26, 1955) is an American film producer who is credited with producing some of the most successful animated films in recent history, including Disney’s ''Beauty and the Beast'' (the first animated film to be nom ...
, Schneider produced a documentary entitled ''
Waking Sleeping Beauty
''Waking Sleeping Beauty'' is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Disney film producer Don Hahn and produced by Hahn and former Disney executive Peter Schneider. The film documents the history of Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1984 t ...
'' in 2009, which focused on the revival of Disney animation during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Schneider is also a world champion
bridge player, having won the
World Transnational Open Teams Championship in 2005. He possesses the
World Bridge Federation
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigiou ...
(WBF) title of World Life Master (WLM).
Peter Schneider, WBF Code USAQ696225
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Living people
Walt Disney Animation Studios people
American chief executives
American chief executives in the media industry
American film studio executives
American contract bridge players
Chairmen of The Walt Disney Company
Disney executives
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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