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| Born | Walter Elias Disney ()December 5, [1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 15, () (aged&#;65) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Cause&#;of death | Lung cancer |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | McKinley High School, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder of The Walt Disney Company, formerly known as Walt Disney Productions |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Political party | Republican |
| Board member&#;of | The Walt Disney Company |
| Spouse | Lillian Bounds (–65; his death) |
| Children | Diane Marie Disney Sharon Mae Disney |
| Parent(s) | Elias Disney Flora Call Disney |
| Relatives | Ronald William Miller (son-in-law) Robert Borgfeldt Brown (son-in-law) Roy Edward Disney (nephew) |
| Family | Herbert Arthur Disney (brother) Raymond Arnold Disney (brother) Roy Oliver Disney (brother) Ruth Flora Disney (sister) |
| Awards | 7 Emmy Awards 22 Academy Awards Cecil B. DeMille Award |
Walter Elias Disney (;[2] December 5, &#;&#;&#;December 15, ) was an Americanentrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film producer. Disney was an important person in the American animation industry and throughout the world. He is regarded as an international icon and philanthropist.
He is well known for his influence and contributions to the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy Disney, he was the founder of Walt Disney Productions. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company.[3] He is also famous for Disneyland.
Notable biographies: Retrieved April 12, The studio incurred a loss on both pictures and was deeply in debt by the end of February After seeing the movie The Jazz Singer the first talking picture , Disney decided to make an all-sound talking and music cartoon, starring Mickey Mouse, called Steamboat Willie. As Walt Disney Productions began work on Disneyland, it also began expanding its other entertainment operations.
As an extraordinary animator and entrepreneur, Disney was well known as a movie producer and a showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse. He provided the original voice for Mickey Mouse. He received four honorary Academy Awards and won 22 Academy Awards from a total of 59 nominations, including a record four in one year.
It gave him more awards and nominations than any other person in history.
Disney also won seven Emmy Awards. He gave his name to the Disneyland, and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as international resorts like Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland.
He died on December 15, from lung cancer aged
Early life
[change | change source]Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, at North Tripp Avenue in Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois.
His father, Elias Disney, had Irish-Canadian ancestry and his mother, Flora Call Disney, had German and English ancestry.[4][5] His great-grandfather, Arundel Elias Disney, had emigrated from Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland where he was born in Arundel Disney was a descendant of Robert d'Isigny, a Frenchman who had traveled to England with William the Conqueror in [6] The d'Isigny name was anglicized as "Disney" and the family settled in a village now known as Norton Disney, south of the city of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire.
Career
[change | change source]About the time Disney was entering high school, his family moved to the city of Chicago. Disney took classes at the Chicago Art Institute and drew for the school newspaper. When he was sixteen, Disney decided he wanted to help fight in World War I. Since he was still too young to join the army, he dropped out of school and joined the Red Cross.
He spent the next year driving ambulances for the Red Cross in France.
Disney's best-known creation is the cartoon character, Mickey Mouse. Disney even provided the voice for Mickey Mouse for many years. Donald Duck is another famous creation. Minnie Mouse and Pluto are also his creations. Disney was once fired from a newspaper company in Kansas City, Missouri because of his lack of creativity.
Disney began as a cartoonist in the s.
Walt disney biography encyclopedia of world biography copernicus In , he moved back to Kansas City where he got a series of jobs, before finding employment in his area of greatest interest — the film industry. Banks' director: 'Such an advantage' shooting in L. Archived from the original PDF on May 9, Credits New World Encyclopedia writers and editors rewrote and completed the Wikipedia article in accordance with New World Encyclopedia standards.He created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit but lost ownership of the character due to a contract problem. He then created Mickey Mouse. Disney started the Walt Disney Studios and created the first full-length animated movie when he created Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (). The movie was a huge success.
The money from the movie helped Disney create many more cartoons and movies such as Fantasia, Pinocchio (both ), Dumbo (), and Bambi (). New animated and live-action films followed after World War II, including the critically successful&#;Cinderella&#;(), Peter Pan (), and&#;Mary Poppins&#;(), the latter of which received five Academy Awards.
He earned 32 academy awards. Disney once refused an offer from Alfred Hitchcock to make a movie at Disney World after Hitchcock filmed Psycho. He also served as the host of The Wonderful World of Disney, a weekly variety show that had Disney cartoons and some live-action skits.
In the s, Disney created Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
Disneyland was the first modern theme park.
Walt disney biography encyclopedia of world biography citation On December 15, , Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California at the age of Archived from the original on October 3, Archived from the original on May 19, See Terms of Use for details.Disney also bought the land for Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Disney did not see Walt Disney World finished though because he died before it opened. Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World (and now other Disney theme parks) are famous for their design, level of detail, being very clean, and animatronics.
Current management team includes:
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Death and legacy
[change | change source]On December 15, , Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California at the age of His movies and theme parks are still enjoyed by millions of people around the world.
Walt disney biography encyclopedia of world biography San Mateo, CA. January 6, Disney's biographer, Bob Thomas , observes that "The birth of Mickey Mouse is obscured in legend, much of it created by Walt Disney himself. A Los Angeles man who is known to Disney obtained permission to take a party through the plant.His company continues to produce very successful new theme parks, cartoons
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑Smith, Thomas (December 5, ). "Celebrating Walt Disney's Birthday". . Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on November 24, Retrieved February 19,
- ↑"Definition of Disney, Walt in English".
Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on March 30, Retrieved April 12,
- ↑"Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, dies at 79".Encyclopedia of world Early career: — A pioneer of the American animation industry , he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. In , Walt Disney began his most ambitious project to date. Traditional hand-drawn animation, the foundation of success of the Walt Disney Company, no longer continues at the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio.
Retrieved
[permanent dead link] - ↑Lori Rackl (September 27, ). "Walt Disney, the man behind the mouse". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 3, Retrieved December 13,
- ↑"Walt Disney biography". Just Disney. Archived from the original on June 5, Retrieved December 13,
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