Walt Disney
accomplishments
Walt and members of his staff received over 950 honors and citations from throughout the world these include 48 Academy Awards and 7 Emmys in his lifetime though Walt Disney passed away almost 50 years ago, his work will be remembered and passed down from generation to generation
family
Walt's father, Elias Disney was an Irish-Canadian His mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl
WWII->"packaged features"
after Dumbo was released in 1941 and made lots of money, the US entered WWII the US Army had the Disney staff create training and instructional films for the military from 1945-1955, Disney attempted to produce "packaged features" these were a group of short films put together to run the length of a feature these included animated shorts, including "Make Mine Music", "Melody Time, "Fun and Fancy Free", and many more.
after Disney's death
after his death, Roy Disney returned from retirement in order to take over the studios he also opened the official Walt Disney World Resort in memory of his brother in October 1971 carried on the plans to build the Florida theme park, and it premiered in 1971 as Walt Disney World
Walt Disney's death
at this point, Disney began his plans to build a new theme park in Florida- which never happened, because he developed lung cancer in 1966 from his lifelong habit of smoking cigarettes died in the hospital December 15th, 1966 in LA, California at age 65 a total of 81 features were released by the studio during Walt Disney's lifetime
teenage life
attempted to enlist in the US Army in 1918, at age 16 he was rejected because he was too young joined the Red Cross as an ambulance driver until the end of WWI (for a year) Disney's ambulance was covered with drawings and cartoons
California Institute of the Arts
before his death, Disney became interested in establishing a college level, professional school for all creative and performing arts California Institute of the Arts was founded in 1961, and was created by combining ideas of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Chouinard Art Institute
animated films pt. 2+start of live action films
continued with the creation of animated films such as Cinderella (1948), Alice in Wonderland (1951), and Peter Pan (1953), Cinderella became Disney's most successful film since Snow White with Mickey Mouse's popularity beginning to decline after the war, Disney started creating films that had live action and animation, Such as "Song of the South" Disney's first action film was entitled Treasure Island, and was released in 1950
the beginning of Disney pt. 2
first episode was a silent cartoon called "Plane Crazy", but didn't sell the cartoons didn't sell until Walt added synchronized sound to the third one, Steamboat Willie (1928), started Walt's famous career as animator Steamboat Willie premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York on November 18th, 1918
early life
full name- Walter Elias Disney nickname- Uncle Walt born December 5th, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois was interested in drawing at an extremely young age moved to Kansas at age 7 lived on a farm and attended McKinley High School
personal awards
got honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, the University of Southern California, and UCLA the Presidential Medal of Freedom France's Legion of Honor and Officer d'Academie decorations
early adult life
got scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute, where he met animator Ub Iwerks set up a company with Iwerks in the early 1920s made short stories for the Newman theatre chain (Newman's Laugh-O-Grams) company went bankrupt
animated movies-> Burbank studio
his next animated movies, Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942) were big hits though Fantasia (1940) was a flop, that didn't stop Disney in 2940, construction was completed on Disney's Burbank studio the staff grew to over 1,000 artists, animators, story men and technicians
animation films pt. 3
"Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan" were finished in the late 1940s, after being shelved because of war finances though he attempted the live action, with the realization that the animations were more liked by the public, he produced Lady in the Tramp (1955), Sleeping Beauty (1959), and 101 Dalmatians (1961)
Disney television
BY THE EARLY 1960S, WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS HAD ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCER OF FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT Disneyland was, and to this day is, a great success Walt became one of the first producers of films to venture into television with his series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color in 1954 this series was created to promote the new theme park
Mary Poppins+struggles
Disney came out with Mary Poppins in 1964 MORE
EPCOT pt. 2
Disney planned the whole new Disney world to include a new amusement theme park, motel-hotel resort vacation center, and EPCOT. after over seven years of planning, including 52 months of construction, Walt Disney World opened to the public October 1st, 1971 EPCOT Center opened October 1st, 1982
Roy O Disney
Roy O Disney- his older brother, who was already in California when Walt moved there Roy was encouraging and lent him $250, and they borrowed another $500 and made a camera stand in their uncle's garage Roy who became his business partner for the rest of his life
personal awards pt. 2
Thailand's Order of the Crown Brazil's Order of the Southern Cross Mexico's Order of the Aztec Eagle the Showman of the World Award- from the National Association of Theatre Owners
the development of Mickey Mouse
in 1932, Disney got a special Academy Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse the series was moved into color in 1935 and launched a spinoff series for characters like Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto
beginning of Disney Movies
in 1934, Walt had the idea to create a cartoon that was the length of a feature film (called "Disneys Folly" by everyone in Hollywood) Walt proved them wrong with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, with the movie winning critical raves and being loved by the public Snow White premiered December 21, 1927 at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles movie cost 1,499,000 to make during the Great Depression- one of the great feats of the motion picture industry
Disneyland
in 1955, Disney opened a theme park in Anaheim, California in 1955, Disneyland launched as a $17 million Magic Kingdom by its fourth decade, over 400 million people have come to Disneyland (including presidents, kings and queens, and royalty from all over the globe)
EPCOT
in 1965, Walt Disney focused on improving the quality of urban life in America he personally directed the design of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, aka EPCOT Disney bought 43 square miles of land (twice the size of Manhattan Island) in the center of Florida
recovering after Disney's death
in the 1980s, the studio got its confidence back and created some of the most successful films recent films these include "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" in 1988, "The Little Mermaid" in 1989, "Beauty and the Beast" in 1991, "Aladdin" in 1922, and "The Lion King" in 1994
the beginning of Disney
later that day, he started doodling and created a mouse named Mickey Walt and Ub were the animators, while his wife Lillian Disney and Roy's wife Edna Disney inked the animation cells Walt Disney was the initial voice of the Mickey Mouse character
wife and children
on July 13th, 1925, Disney married one of his employees "Lillian Bounds" in Lewiston, Idahodoame daughter Diane Miller- married to Ron Miller with seven children, former president and chief of executive officer of Walt Disney Productions daughter Sharon Disney Lund- has three children, formerly a member of Disney's Board of Directors, passed away in 1993
drawing at an early age
sold his first sketches to neighbors when he was seven years old focused on both drawing and photography contributed his drawing and photography to the school paper focused on both drawing and photography contributed his drawing and photography to the school paper
California Institute of the Arts pt. 2
the campus is in Valencia, 32 miles away from downtown Los Angeles Disney said the new school was a place where all the performing and creative arts would be taught under one roof
beginning of carreer
went to Hollywood in August 1923 with only a few drawing materials and $40 wrote "Alice Comedies" (produced from 1923-1927 then became unpopular) backed up by Winkler (distributed the "Alice Comedies" and Roy O Disney
"Silly Symphonies"
while the Mickey Mouse series was still going strong, Disney started the "Silly Symphonies" series in 1929 these were also a success- one of them, Flowers and Trees (1932), was the first cartoon to be produced in color and the first cartoon to win an Oscar
