Ned Lott not only produces, voice directs and casts animation for productions like  Walt Disney Studios  seven Studio Ghibli titles: Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar™ nominated theatrical release “Howl’s Moving Castle” starring Christian Bale.  Recently he cast and directed country singer Kacey Musgraves in a dialogue and singing role in the latest Studio Ghibli English dub, “Earwig and the Witch”. Other notable accomplishments include casting Liam Neeson as the voice of “Aslan” for “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. Ned also co-Produced and cast the English version of the Oscar™ nominated Animated Feature “Ernest & Celestine” starring Forest Whitaker and Paul Giamatti.  Ned spent years at Disney Character Voices, voice-directing and casting projects for “Cars”, “Monsters Inc.”, “The Incredibles”, “Kingdom Hearts” “Pirates of the Caribbean”, and many other Disney/Pixar projects.  Ned has also voice-directed Warner Bros “Lord of the Rings” projects and “The Lego Movie Video Game” with Morgan Freeman, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, and Will Ferrell.  For television animated series work, Ned voice-directed multiple episodes for a musical series for Netflix called “Motown Magic”.  On the International front, he voice-directed and cast animated features out of South Africa, Peru, Spain, Russia, France, and China including dubbing the highest grossing Animated Feature ever created in China, “Monkey King: Hero is Back” starring Jackie Chan.