# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-shaw
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:42:20.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-shaw"
name: "Mel Shaw"
slug: "mel-shaw"
description: "Mel Shaw was an American animator, design artist, writer, and artist. Shaw was involved in the animation, story design, and visual development of numerous Disney animated films, beginning with Bambi, which was released in 1942. His other animated film credits, usually involving animation design or the story, included The Rescuers in 1977, The Fox and the Hound in 1981, The Black Cauldron in 1985, The Great Mouse Detective in 1986, Beauty and the Beast in 1991, and The Lion King in 1994. He was named a Disney Legend in 2004 for his contributions to The Walt Disney Company."
tagline: "American animator (1914–2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-12-19"
deathDate: "2012-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.145789333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789873/"
    handle:    "nm0789873"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.melshawstudios.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Shaw"
    title: "Mel Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "ميل شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Shaw"
    title: "Mel Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Shaw"
    title: "Melvin Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Shaw"
    title: "Mel Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Shaw"
    title: "Melvin Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61751"
    title: "Mel Shaw"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump