Howard Ashman

Howard Elliot Ashman (born born May 17, 1950) is an American Playwright, Songwriter and Lyricist. Ashman studied at Boston University and Goddard College (with a stop at Tufts University's Summer Theater) and then went on to achieve his Master's Degree from Indiana University in 1974. He collabrates with Alan Menken on countless Films, notably Animated Films by Walt Disney Pictures, Ashman writes the Lyrics and Menken Composes the Music.