Thomas Schumacher is a theatrical producer, currently president of Disney Theatrical Group, the theatrical production arm of The Walt Disney Company. Thomas Schumacher enrolled at the UCLA and studied theatre. He was the associate director of the Los Angeles Festival of Arts, presenting the American premiere of Cirque du Soleil and the English-language premiere of Peter Brook`s The Mahabharata in 1987.

Schumacher left Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002 after producing dozens of films and he was replaced by David Stainton.