Ron Miller is the big man at Disney Studios, and not just because he married the boss's daughter. The six-foot-five ex-football star […] started work with the Disney organization in 1957 as a second assistant director; now he is the company's Executive Vice President in charge of Production and Creative Affairs.
He has acted as associate producer, coproducer or full producer on many Disney films since 1961, and he is now producer of all Disney theatrical productions, and executive producer of Disney's NBC-TV show.
If there is one person to ask about the significance of The Black Hole to the studio, and about the "new direction" Disney reportedly is taking—it is Ron Miller.[…]