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Walt Disney: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Walter Elias Disney
  • Birth Place: Chicago, IL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/05/1901, Sagittarius
  • Date of Death: 12/15/1966
  • Profession: Animator; producer; director; writer; voice actor
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Walt Disney Fast Facts:
  • Once worked for animator Walter Lantz, creator of Woody Woodpecker, in the Universal Studios animation division.
  • His 1928 short Steamboat Willie was the first synchronized sound cartoon.
  • During the early 1930s, developed the multiplane camera, which revolutionized animation by enabling the camera to look through a series of animation "planes" (up to seven, each lighted separately from the side) to create depth and dimension.
  • In 1932, made the first all-Technicolor short, Flowers and Trees, for the Silly Symphonies series. It was the first cartoon to win an Oscar.
  • During WWII, Disney Studios produced government training and propaganda films, as well as health movies.
  • In 1947, Disney (an ardent foe of Communism) gave friendly testimony to the anti-Communist House Un-American Activities Committee.
  • Received three special Oscars, for the creation of Mickey Mouse, innovations in feature-film animation and advancement of sound in motion pictures.
  • Until his death in 1966, provided the voice for Mickey Mouse.
  • His heirs, upset over negative portrayals of Disney after his death, opened the Walk Disney Family Museum in San Francisco in 2009. His daughter Diane told the New York Times that she was especially frustrated by a Neal Gabler biography, as well as by the 1994 book Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince, which depicted Disney as a bigot (a charge his family staunchly denies).
  • Walt Disney Relationships:
  • Diane Marie Disney Miller - Daughter
  • Ruth Disney - Sister
  • Roy O. Disney - Brother
  • Elias Disney - Father
  • Flora Call Disney - Mother
  • Sharon Mae Disney Lund - Daughter
  • Lillian Bounds Disney - Wife
  • Roy E. Disney - Nephew
  • Walt Disney Awards:
  • 1965 Emmy: Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment - Nominee
  • 1948 Golden Globe: Special Achievement - Winner
  • 1954 Golden Globe: Special Achievement - Winner
  • 1956 Emmy: Best Producer- Film Series - Winner
  • 1955 Emmy: Most Outstanding New Personality - Nominee
  • 1966 Emmy: Outstanding Children's Program - Nominee
  • 1953 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
  • 1938 Oscar: Special Award - Winner
  • 1941 Oscar: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - Winner
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Documentary (Feature) - Winner
  • 1954 Oscar: Best Documentary (Feature) - Winner
  • 1942 Oscar: Best Documentary - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Documentary (Short Subject) - Winner
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Documentary (Short Subject) - Winner
  • 1959 Oscar: Best Documentary (Short Subject) - Nominee
  • 1964 Oscar: Best Motion Picture of the Year - Nominee
  • 1933 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1933 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1934 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1935 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1935 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1936 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1937 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1938 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1938 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1939 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1939 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1941 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1941 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1942 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1943 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1944 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1945 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1946 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1947 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1948 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1949 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1954 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1957 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1958 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1959 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1960 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1961 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1962 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1968 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1948 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Winner
  • 1950 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Winner
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Winner
  • 1952 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Winner
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Winner
  • 1954 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Nominee
  • 1956 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Two-reel) - Nominee
  • 1958 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Live Action) - Winner
  • 1959 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Live Action) - Nominee
  • 1960 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Live Action) - Nominee
  • 1932 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Nominee
  • 1932 Oscar: Best Short Subject (Cartoon) - Winner
  • 1932 Oscar: Special Award - Winner
  • 1941 Oscar: Special Award - Winner
  • 1943 Oscar: Best Documentary (Short Subject) - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
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