John Clark Donahue was born on 5 June 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Dr. Seuss the 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1980), The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (1981) and The Red Shoes (1985). He died on 1 March 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.