Biography
Linda Woolverton is a writer best known for the screenplay for Disney's animated feature film Beauty and the Beast and co-wrote the screenplay for the The Lion King. Woolverton then went on to write the Broadway musical version of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King to the stage. She also co-wrote the book for the Broadway musical Aida and wrote the book for Lestat. She also co-produced and wrote the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Alice in Wonderland.
Complete Filmography
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Thanks
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journ...
Beauty and the Beast Jr
2024
Writer
Performed by TADA school of performing arts
Spellbound
2024
Producer
When a powerful spell turns her parents into giant monsters, a teenage princess must journey into the wild to reverse the curse before it's too late.
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
Screenplay
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie, along with n...
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending...
The Lion King
2019
Characters
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Sc...
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Original Film Writer
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Screenplay
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Maleficent
2014
Screenplay
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army th...
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Screenplay
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
Arctic Tale
2007
Screenplay
Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of a walrus and her calf, and a polar bear and her cu...
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5
2004
Original Film Writer
Timon and Pumbaa have Timon's Ma and Uncle Max for their new virtual safari.
The Lion King
1994
Screenplay
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his vill...
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
Screenplay
Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise g...
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Screenplay
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the h...
Ewoks 5: Wickett's Adventures
1988
Writer
Features "Home Is Where the Shrieks Are / Princess Latara", "Gone with the Mimphs / The First Apprentice", "Party Ewok / Malani the Warrior" and "Hard...