Roberts Burrell Gannaway is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He is currently the showrunner for WondLa on Apple TV+.
Gannaway was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he got a cartooning scholarship, and subsequently graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Gannaway began working at Walt Disney Feature Animation, later writing for Warner Bros., The Walt Disney Company, and Paramount Pictures, including coâÂÂwriting Cats Don't Dance. He developed projects such as an adaptation of the novel Matilda.
At Hanna-Barbera, Gannaway contributed to 2 Stupid Dogs and Secret Squirrel, before joining Disney Television Animation in 1994 as supervising producer of the EmmyâÂÂwinning Timon & Pumbaa. He wrote, produced, and directed more than 300 halfâÂÂhours, including The Emperor's New School, ', House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Works, and '. He was the executive producer of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and developed Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
Gannaway also worked on Disney direct-to-video films, including ', Mickey's House of Villains, and Stitch! The Movie. He coâÂÂwrote/coâÂÂdirected Secret of the Wings with Peggy Holmes, co-wrote The Pirate Fairy, and directed '.
Gannaway was the showrunner for Disney+'s Monsters at Work, introducing characters like Tylor Tuskmon and Val Little alongside returning Monsters, Inc. characters.
He lives in Los Angeles, California with his family. He has been nominated for multiple Daytime Emmy Awards and a Humanitas Prize (1998); and he received an Annie Award in 1997.