Howard Ashman

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film producer human lyricist playwright theatre producer

Howard Ashman was an American lyricist, playwright, and producer best known for his acclaimed work on Disney animated musicals such as "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin."

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Label Occurrences
Howard Ashman canonical 31
Howard Elliott Ashman 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
theatre producer ⓘ
causeOfDeath AIDS-related complications ⓘ
coCreated Little Shop of Horrors ⓘ
surface form: Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
coFounded Off-Off-Broadway company WPA Theatre ⓘ
collaboratedWith Alan Menken ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1950-05-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-03-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Boston University ⓘ
Goddard College ⓘ
Indiana University ⓘ
surface form: Indiana University Bloomington
employer Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Ashman ⓘ
fullName Howard Ashman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Howard Elliott Ashman
genre film musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Howard ⓘ
hasInfluenced contemporary Disney musical storytelling ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memorializedBy documentary film "Howard" ⓘ
notableAchievement Helped lead the Disney Renaissance in animated musicals ⓘ
notableAward Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
notableWork Aladdin ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) ⓘ
surface form: Beauty and the Beast

Little Shop of Horrors ⓘ
The Little Mermaid ⓘ
occupation lyricist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
wroteLyricsFor Be Our Guest ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast ⓘ
surface form: Beauty and the Beast (song)

Beauty and the Beast ⓘ
surface form: Belle (song)

Friend Like Me ⓘ
Kiss the Girl ⓘ
Part of Your World ⓘ
Prince Ali ⓘ
Under the Sea ⓘ

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Academy Award for Best Original Song → notableMultipleWinners → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: Beauty and the Beast (song)
Beauty and the Beast → lyricsBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: Beauty and the Beast (song)
Howard Ashman → fullName → Howard Ashman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howard Elliott Ashman
Alan Menken → collaboratedWith → Howard Ashman ⓘ
The Little Mermaid → producer → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
The Little Mermaid → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
Aladdin → lyricsBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: Aladdin (1992 film)
Disney Renaissance → notablePerson → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (musical) → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (Ariana Grande and John Legend version) → originalSongLyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) → lyricsBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Ashman → hasNotableBearer → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Little Shop of Horrors → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Little Shop of Horrors → bookBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Part of Your World → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Part of Your World → lyricsBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Under the Sea → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Under the Sea → lyricsBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Kiss the Girl → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Kiss the Girl → lyricsBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Be Our Guest → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Friend Like Me → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
Off-Off-Broadway company WPA Theatre → coFounder → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: WPA Theatre
Off-Off-Broadway company WPA Theatre → notablePerson → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: WPA Theatre
documentary film "Howard" → mainSubject → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: Howard
documentary film "Howard" → depicts → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: Howard
Menken → collaboratedWith → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: Alan Menken
Prince Ali → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
The Little Mermaid (2023 live-action film) → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
subject surface form: The Little Mermaid (2023 film)
One Jump Ahead → lyricist → Howard Ashman ⓘ
One Jump Ahead → lyricsBy → Howard Ashman ⓘ