Lorna Cook is an American animator and director. She has worked as an animator for Disney, DreamWorks, Universal, and Sullivan Bluth Studios, and co-directed "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and won four Annie Awards.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and director
- 11 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Lorna Cook's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lorna Cook's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Lorna Cook's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Wild Robot(2024)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Lego Ninjago Movie(2017)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
How to Train Your Dragon(2010)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Prince of Egypt(1998)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Mulan(1998)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Lion King(1994)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Beauty and the Beast(1991)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Secret of NIMH(1982)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Xanadu(1980)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Banjo the Woodpile Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1979 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Cannes award in 2002.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Lorna Cook's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94th percentile, the median of all 11; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 94th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 11 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved7
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 59/100 and the plot and story 61/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Lorna Cook's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Lorna Cook work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lorna Cook's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Barry Johnson shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Barry JohnsonShared titles: Mulan (1998), The Lion King (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Johnson
- Burny MattinsonShared titles: Mulan (1998), The Lion King (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Burny Mattinson
- Chris SandersShared titles: Mulan (1998), The Lion King (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Sanders
- Ed GombertShared titles: Mulan (1998), The Lion King (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Ed Gombert
Composers
- Hans ZimmerShared titles: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), The Lion King (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Hans Zimmer
Producers
- Jeffrey KatzenbergShared titles: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), The Lion King (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Jeffrey Katzenberg
