Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Rob Minkoff is an American director, animator, and producer. In 1982, he secured an internship at Disney Studios and became the apprentice of Eric Larson, one of Disney's Nine Old Men. He worked on several projects there, including animating characters for The Little Mermaid in 1989. He made his directorial debut when he was entrusted with The Lion King (1994) alongside Roger Allers. The film was a huge commercial and critical success. Columbia Pictures then hired him to direct the adaptation of E. B. White's novel, Stuart Little (1999), with a screenplay written by M. Night Shyamalan. Filmed in live-action, the film was a success, leading to a sequel in 2002. He collaborated one last time with Disney on The Haunted Mansion (2003), inspired by the theme park ride of the same name. Minkoff returned to animation in 2014 with the film Mr. Peabody & Sherman before directing Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank in 2022.

Chris Bailey is an American animator and director. Bailey worked with Don Bluth on the Space Ace and Dragon's Lair video games, becaming one of the first traditional animators to adapt to computer graphics. He then worked at Disney as an animator for films like The Little Mermaid (1989), The Lion King (1994), and Hercules (1997). He directed the animation for the 1995 Mickey Mouse cartoon, Runaway Brain, which was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival and the television series Kim Possible. He served as animation director for both Garfield movies and Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007). Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank marks his feature directorial debut.