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She is the first woman to have written an animated feature for Disney, Beauty and the Beast (1991), [1] which is also the first animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
"Beauty and the Beast" screenwriter Linda Woolverton fought hard to ensure that Belle would be a feminist princess, breaking Disney's mold. Linda Woolverton reflects on the making of...
May 27, 2016 · Screenwriter Linda Woolverton, 63, has penned such moderns classics as Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. In 2010, with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, she became the first...
May 27, 2016 · Linda Woolverton was a playwright and author when she got her start with Disney, writing 1991’s era-defining hit Beauty and the Beast, and since then has written Disney standouts like The...
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Upon its release in 1991, Beauty and the Beast (1991) became the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Woolverton also co-wrote the script for The Lion King (1994) and Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993).
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Apr 11, 2019 · In 1991, Linda Woolverton became the first woman to write an animated feature for Disney. Since Beauty and the Beast, Woolverton has gone on to write some of...
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Jan 19, 1992 · If the independent, brainy Belle, the heroine of “Beauty and the Beast,” is a breakthrough in fairy-tale animation, so is Linda Woolverton--the first woman to write an animated feature for...
