Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, and playwright who is known for creating the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005), and Hamilton (2015). He is also known for the soundtracks he created for the animated films Moana (2016), Encanto (2021), Vivo (2021) and The Little Mermaid (2023). His has received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, five Grammy Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, an Annie Award, a MacArthur Fellowship Award, a Kennedy Center Honor, and a Pulitzer Prize.