to video animation studio . for the area in eurodisney see toon studio . for the main animation division of the walt disney studios see walt disney animation studios . disneytoon studios type division 1 industry motion pictures founded 1988 ; 28 years ago 1988 headquarters disney grand central creative campus glendale ca 2 us key people ed catmull president john lasseter cco 1 meredith roberts svp and gm 3 products animated films owner walt disney animation studios the walt disney studios number of employees 44 2014 2 website disneytoon studios disneytoon studios originally disney movietoons 4 and was also disney video premieres 5 is an american animation studio which creates direct to video and occasional theatrical animated feature films . the studio is a division of walt disney animation studios with both being part of the walt disney studios itself a division of the walt disney company . 6 the studio has produced 45 feature films beginning with ducktales the movie treasure of the lost lamp 1990 and its most recent being tinker bell and the legend of the neverbeast 2015 . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 disney movietoons 1.2 disneytoon studios 2 filmography 2.1 feature films 2.2 short films 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history disney movietoons disney movietoons logo as seen on ducktales the movie treasure of the lost lamp disney movietoons first feature production was in 1990 with ducktales the movie treasure of the lost lamp with animation from walt disney animation france . 4 disney television animation hired a director of specials sharon morrill in 1993 . 7 disney began producing direct to video sequels of walt disney feature animation films the first of which was the aladdin 1992 sequel the return of jafar 1994 . when aladdin was selected as a possible candidate as an animated tv series before the film s release as with many animated series the first three episodes were one multi part story which disney used as a potential family movie special for the friday night before the series premiere . with work handed out to both the australian and japanese animation units the opening story was instead green lit for a direct to video release . thus with the return of jafar and its success the direct to video unit started . then a second sequel aladdin and the king of thieves 1996 assign work to both the australian and japanese animation units . 8 morrill was in charge of the above first aladdin dtv film launching disney video premiere . 5 morrill expanded the dtv market 5 making it more important for disney thus the overseas disney studios were increasing assigned to these features . 9 morrill was promoted to vice president of direct to video by november 1997 . 9 the disney television group upon the departure of its president dean valentine in september 1997 was split into two units walt disney television wdt and walt disney network television wdnt reporting to the disney studios chair joe roth . wdt would be headed by charles hirschhorn as president and consist of disney telefilms and disney tv animation group including disneymovietoons and disney video premieres . 10 11 the unit released a short in 1997 redux riding hood under the wdta name that was nominated for an 1998 academy award . 7 more direct to video sequels followed among them beauty and the beast the enchanted christmas 1997 pocahontas ii journey to a new world 1998 the lion king ii simba s pride 1998 and cinderella ii dreams come true 2002 . 9 by april 1998 movietoons was folded in with disney video premiere films and network tv specials of disney tv animation as morrill was promoted to executive vice president over her existing unit of disney video premiere films network tv specials and movietoons . 7 disneytoon studios disneytoon studios headquarters in glendale california in a 000000002003 01 01 0000january 2003 disney reorganization disney movietoons disney video premieres unit was transferred from walt disney television animation to walt disney feature animation and renamed disneytoon studios dts in june . morrill continued to lead the division as executive vice president . 5 with the split both disneytoon and disney television animation were issuing direct to video features . 8 disney closed disney animation japan one of the two remaining internal overseas studios disneytoon worked with in early june 2004 with pooh s heffalump movie 2004 to be its final dts work . 12 13 14 by 000000002005 03 01 0000march 2005 morrill was promoted to president of disneytoon . 8 on july 25 000000002 005 07 25 0000july 25 2005 disney announced that it was closing disneytoon studios australia in october 2006 after 17 years of existence with its final feature being cinderella iii a twist in time 2007 . 15 in the early 2000s disneytoon joined disney consumer products dcp as their internal disney conglomerate video partner in developing the new disney franchises then only consisting of disney princess and disney fairies . while dcp eyed other potential franchises dts looked to the seven dwarfs for a male centric franchise to counterbalance the female centric fairies by 2005 . 16 john lasseter joining disney with the purchase of pixar animation studios made it clear that he disliked disneytoon s undercutting the value of the feature animated films with the sequel and prequel . following complications relating to the production of tinker bell 2008 the debut film of dcp s fairies franchise lead to discussion over the focus of the division . thus sharon morill president of the studio moved to a new position in the company . on june 22 2007 management of disneytoon studios was turned over to the control of alan bergman president of disney studios with input from ed catmull and lasseter . as chief creative officer lasseter called for the cancellation of all future films in production or development at disneytoon studios . as a result planned or in progress sequels to chicken little 2005 meet the robinsons 2007 and the aristocats 1970 were all cancelled among other projects . tinker bell s animation was scrapped and was restarted while two project dcp formed franchised projects were canceled disney s dwarfs and the disney princess enchanted tales line after the first dvd . the release of the little mermaid 3 was put on hold . 1 17 disney studios president alan bergman took oversee of day to day operation of dts . 17 thus dts was out of sequel and prequel production with it originally indicated that the division would shift to supporting various playhouse disney franchises with direct to home videos . 17 meredith roberts transferred over from disney tv animation to head the division as senior vice president and general manager in 000000002008 01 01 0000january 2008 . 3 at the april unveiling of disney s animated feature line up it was announced that disneytoon studios would no longer produce future sequels to disney animated films but will instead focus on spin offs . also the division was under the banner of renamed feature animation studio now called walt disney animation studios led by catmull and lasseter . 18 filmography feature films title release type release date franchise 1 ducktales the movie treasure of the lost lamp theatrical 2 4 august 3 1990 ducktales 2 the return of jafar direct to video 8 may 20 1994 aladdin 3 a goofy movie theatrical 19 april 7 1995 goofy 4 aladdin and the king of thieves direct to video 8 august 13 1996 aladdin 5 pooh s grand adventure the search for christopher robin 9 20 direct to video august 5 1997 winnie the pooh 6 beauty and the beast the enchanted christmas direct to video 9 november 11 1997 beauty and the beast 7 pocahontas ii journey to a new world direct to video 9 august 25 1998 pocahontas 8 the lion king ii simba s pride direct to video 9 october 27 1998 the lion king 9 mickey s once upon a christmas direct to video november 9 1999 mickey mouse 10 seasons of giving direct to video november 9 1999 winnie the pooh 11 the tigger movie 1 21 theatrical 13 february 11 2000 12 an extremely goofy movie direct to video february 29 2000 goofy 13 the little mermaid ii return to the sea direct to video 16 september 19 2000 the little mermaid 14 lady and the tramp ii scamp s adventure direct to video 16 february 27 2001 lady and the tramp 15 return to never land theatrical 5 february 15 2002 peter pan 16 cinderella ii dreams come true direct to video 16 february 26 2002 cinderella 17 the hunchback of notre dame ii direct to video 8 march 19 2002 the hunchback of notre dame 18 a very merry pooh year direct to video november 12 2002 winnie the pooh 19 101 dalmatians ii patch s london adventure direct to video 22 january 21 2003 101 dalmatians 20 the jungle book 2 theatrical 5 february 14 2003 the jungle book 21 piglet s big movie theatrical 5 13 march 21 2003 winnie the pooh 22 the lion king 1 direct to video 5 february 10 2004 the lion king 23 springtime with roo direct to video 5 march 9 2004 winnie the pooh 24 mickey donald goofy the three musketeers direct to video 5 august 17 2004 mickey mouse 25 mickey s twice upon a christmas direct to video 5 november 9 2004 26 mulan ii direct to video 5 february 1 2005 mulan 27 pooh s heffalump movie theatrical 1 february 11 2005 winnie the pooh 28 tarzan ii direct to video 8 june 14 2005 tarzan 29 lilo & stitch 2 stitch has a glitch direct to video 8 august 30 2005 lilo & stitch 30 pooh s heffalump halloween movie direct to video 23 september 13 2005 winnie the pooh 31 kronk s new groove direct to video 8 december 13 2005 the emperor s new groove 32 bambi ii direct to video 8 theatrical february 7 2006 bambi 33 brother bear 2 direct to video 1 august 29 2006 brother bear 34 the fox and the hound 2 direct to video december 12 2006 the fox and the hound 35 cinderella iii a twist in time direct to video 8 february 6 2007 cinderella 36 disney princess enchanted tales follow your dreams direct to video 17 september 4 2007 disney princess 37 the little mermaid ariel s beginning direct to video august 26 2008 the little mermaid 38 tinker bell direct to video 1 october 28 2008 disney fairies 39 tinker bell and the lost treasure direct to video october 27 2009 40 tinker bell and the great fairy rescue direct to video september 21 2010 41 secret of the wings theatrical limited release october 23 2012 42 planes theatrical 2 august 9 2013 cars 43 the pirate fairy 2 theatrical limited release april 1 2014 disney fairies 44 planes fire & rescue theatrical 2 july 18 2014 cars 45 tinker bell and the legend of the neverbeast theatrical limited release 24 march 3 2015 disney fairies 46 tba theatrical april 12 2019 tba 25 short films title release type release date franchise redux riding hood 000000001997 08 05 0000august 5 1997 totally twisted fairy tales 7 26 the three little pigs 27 28 29 30 festival 000000001998 01 01 00001998 totally twisted fairy tales the cat that looked at a king direct to video dvd extra 000000002004 12 14 0000december 14 2004 mary poppins 40th anniversary dvd 22 pixie hollow games television special 000000002011 11 18 0000november 18 2011 disney fairies pixie hollow bake off television special october 20 2013 disney fairies vitaminamulch air spectacular direct to video november 4 2014 cars see also list of disney home entertainment references a b c d e f g baisley sarah june 21 2007 . disneytoon studios prexy morrill