Howard Ashman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1950. After studying at Goddard College, he earned his MFA from Indiana University, then moved to New York, where he began a career in publishing.

Howard Ashman is responsible for bringing some of the most beloved Disney movie musicals to life like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and more. Known for his frequent collaborations ...

Hahn tells much of Ashman’s early life in narration over family photos. Ashman’s family tell stories and some audio of Ashman himself winds up in this section. Ashman’s partner was Stuart White and ...

Few individuals had as much of an impact on the resurgence of Disney Animation than lyricist and screenwriter Howard Ashman. Ashman, whose brilliance was well-known thanks to the Off-Broadway musical ...

The new documentary “Howard,” directed by Don Hahn, is an intimate portrait of the life of lyricist Howard Ashman, who worked on the soundtracks for beloved Broadway musicals and Disney animated films ...

Generations of children have grown up on the works of Howard Ashman. Along with composer Alan Menken, he wrote the songs and was crucial to the development of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty ...

The most undeniably moving moments in Don Hahn’s tremendous 2009 documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, which charted the return of Disney Animation’s cultural dominance after decades in hibernation, ...

Beauty and the Beast lyricist Howard Ashman used many of the musical's lyrics to address his own struggle with AIDS Alex Heigl is a former associate editor at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2017. It’s a ...

“There’s no novel, there’s no biography,” Hahn says of Ashman’s life, adding he thought “it would be a really interesting story and something that people hadn't heard before.” He adds that “there are ...

If you're a fan of Disney animation, chances are you love something Howard Ashman created. The Oscar-winning songwriter and lyricist penned some of Disney's most memorable songs alongside longtime ...

At 94 minutes, "Howard" is not and does not try to be a plumbing search through the generation of talent lost to HIV and AIDS; what it is trying to do, appealingly narrowly, is illuminate one life and ...

Disney honors one of its own with “Howard,” an emotional documentary tribute to the late “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin” lyricist Howard Ashman. Teamed with composer Alan ...