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Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, [3]

] screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and had an annual revenue of approximately US$36 billion in the 2010 financial year.

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." Just one of the thousands of quotes and sayings said by Walt Disney.
Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) was a creative man whose successful career was conjured up from the world of fantasy. 10. Disney Was a Record-Breaking Oscar Award Winner Walt Disney won a total of 32 Oscar Awards- more than anyone else ever has!- during his 43 year career. He also was nominated 64 times. Disney also won 48 Academy Awards, 7 Emmy Awards,

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago Illinois, to his father, Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, who was of German-American descent. Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl. Later, after Walt's birth, the Disney family moved to Marceline, Missouri. Walt lived out most of his childhood here. Walt had a very early interest in drawing, and art. When he was seven years old, he sold small sketches, and drawings to nearby neighbors. Besides his other interests, Walt attended McKinley High School in Chicago. At night he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, to better his drawing abilities. Walt discovered his first movie house on Marceline's Main Street. There he saw a dramatic black-and-white recreation of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. During these "carefree years" of country living young Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and wildlife, and family and community, which were a large part of agrarian living. Though his father could be quite stern, and often there was little money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older brother, Roy. Even after the Disney family moved to Kansas City, Walt continued to develop and flourish in his talent for artistic drawing. Besides drawing, Walt had picked up a knack for acting and performing. During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist for military service. Rejected because he was under age, only sixteen years old at the time. Instead, Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas to France, where he spent a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was covered from stem to stern, not with stock camouflage, but with Disney cartoons. Once he returned from France, he wanted to pursue a career in commercial art, which soon lead to his experiments in animation. He began producing short animated films for local businesses, in Kansas City. By the time Walt had started to create The Alice Comedies, which was about a real girl and her adventures in an animated world, Walt ran out of money, and his company Laugh-O-Grams went bankrupted. Instead of giving up, Walt packed his suitcase

and with his unfinished print of The Alice Comedies in hand, headed for Hollywood to start a new business. He was not yet twenty-two. Although, Walt wasn't the typical Hollywood mogul. Instead of socializing with the "who's who" of the Hollywood entertainment industry, he would stay home and have dinner with his wife, Lillian, and his daughters, Diane and Sharon. In fact, socializing was a bit boring to Walt Disney. Usually he would dominate a conversation, and hold listeners spellbound as he described his latest dreams or ventures. The people that where close to Walt were those who lived with him, and his ideas, or both. On July 13, 1925, Walt married one of his first employees, Lillian Bounds, in Lewiston, Idaho. Later on they would be blessed with two daughters, Diane and Sharon . Three years after Walt and Lilly wed, Walt created a new animated character, Mickey Mouse. Probably the most painful time of Walt's private life, was the accidental death of his mother in 1938. After the great success ofSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt and Roy bought their parents, Elias and Flora Disney, a home close to the studios. Less than a month later Flora died of asphyxiation caused by a faulty furnace in the new home. The terrible guilt of this haunted Walt for the rest of his life. Walt's inquisitive mind and keen sense for education through entertainment resulted in the award-winning True-Life Adventure series.
- On the train ride back from New York, Walt decided that he needed to come up with another character and this time call it his own -- he would not be working for anyone else. He started doodling a mouse (that looked a lot like Oswald the Rabbit, but had a mouse's head and rounded ears). He called him Mortimer Mouse, but his wife suggested "Mickey" Mouse instead. So, when he got back to Los Angeles, he worked with his friend and the one animator that he had left, Ub Iwerks, to create the first Mickey Mouse cartoons. - "Steamboat Willie" was not only the first Mickey Mouse cartoon released ("Plane Crazy" was actually finished first, but not released first), but it was also the world's first sound cartoon. It was released in 1928, with Walt Disney himself as the voice of Mickey. - In the 1930s he started making his short cartoons in color, even though it was expensive. They were very popular. The first one in color was called "Flowers and Trees." - Before the end of the 1930s he had decided to do a feature length cartoon -- the first one ever, called "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The bankers did not believe anyone would pay to see a cartoon as the main feature, so he had to mortgage his house to get the movie made. But it was a huge success when it was released, and he won a special set of Academy Awards (one tall one and seven little ones, like the dwarfs). - With the money he made from "Snow White," he built a new studio. - By the 1950s his company was successful and popular with families. - 1955 was an important year -- Disneyland opened and the Mickey Mouse Club TV show debuted. He got the idea for Disneyland while waiting on a bench for his daughter to ride rides at a dirty carnival. He said that there needed to be a place where families could come and have fun TOGETHER. - TV was still new at the time; and the newest network, ABC, had money but needed programming. So, Walt worked a deal with them to show his movies on a new show, called "Disneyland," on Sunday nights and in return they would give him the money to build his park.

They also would show his program, the Mickey Mouse Club, every day. Walt Disney was a man of vision. He dreamed of a clean, organized amusement park. According to JustDisney (justdisney.com), this dream came true in 1955, when the doors to Disneyland swung open in Anaheim, California.

"Our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." This is a popular quote by Walt Disney. Walt had the dream that his theme park would never be a finished product; he thought there would always be more to add. This dream is still continuing on today with all the expanded rides and new additions to Walt Disney World - His last big idea was EPCOT -- the Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow, which he thought would be the biggest part of his "Disney World" project. He wanted it to be a working city, where people would live a life that they could not find anywhere else -- a place that worked with industry to come up with good new things for the future. - But unfortunately he passed away in 1966, before Disney World could be built.

Walt Disney
1. "Disney" is actually a changed version of Walt's family's original name. The original name was D'Isigny. 2. Perseverance forgiving When Walt was younger he was hired to work at the Kansas City Star newspaper. He was later fired from the paper because of lack of creativity. Years later The Disney Company bought ABC which owned The Kansas City Star. How strange that he was fired because he was not creative enough and years later you own them because of your creativness.
3. Certainly the Three Little Pigs should crawl out of the red soon, for its breaking records everywhere the twelve men who compose the story department remained unimpressed. 4. Its lousy! Why dont you get a real idea? they chorused. 5. You see, Disney surrounds himself with good no men. Every one of these 135 who work at the one-story building called Walt Disney Studios is a member of a co -operating organization. They are not expected to say yes when they mean no and nothing is done without a majority opinion in favor of it.

6. I think the reason they didnt like the idea was that at that time the thing wasnt very clear
in my own mind, confesses Disney frankly.

1. Tenacity
After the war, he returned home and began working on the "Alice Comedies." He ran out of money and, instead of giving up, relocated to California, enlisted the help of his brother Roy, and started an animation business. Walt Disney was just 21 at the time
7. Perfectionist How far apart are the trash cans? Walt Disney ate a hot dog in Disneyland and counted how many steps it took to finish it. It took him 17 steps (I think), which is the spacing used in every Disney park today. They average 20 paces 8. Crazy & passionate There are many hidden Mickey's if you go to Walt Disney's former home in Beverly Hills. The iron gate to the mansion seems to have a curly design in the ironwork...but tilt your head slightly and notice that these curls are Mickey's head. 9. As I heard from a Cast Member, Goofy was Walt's favorite character.

10. Walt Disney was so passionate about trains that he built a 1/8-scale railroad running through his backyard To many, his work is the epitome of wholesome entertainment. But there is no question that Walt Disney changed the way many of us spend our free time. Visionary, innovative, and avuncular, he became the master of the animated cartoon, and had 22 Oscars to prove it -- more than

any other individual. Because of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, he is also considered the father of the modern theme park. We

Inventor
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Walt Disney invented the multiplane camera called the "art of animation" camera in 1936, which he patented on May 1, 1940. The first full-length film to use this camera was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937.

Philanthropist
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Walt Disney along with his older brother Roy established the California Institute of the Arts through the merger of two schools, Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music in 1961. Walt, ry to imagine a world without Walt Disney. A world without his magic, whimsy,

and optimism. Walt Disney transformed the entertainment industry, into what we know today. He pioneered the fields of animation, and found new ways to teach, and educate. Walt's optimism came from his unique ability to see the entire picture.

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All of his workers adored him. He let them have fun on the job but he was also very serious about getting a job done and done perfectly. He loved children and believed in treating them as equals. Walt Disney was a child at heart, which can be seen in his many character creations, especially his trademark character, Mickey Mouse.

Strengths of Walt Disney


For example, his great vision for a better future led to the building of two theme parks which, today --- in the 21st century --- are still enormously profitable and exciting. Indeed, millions of people share his vision of a better place than the one where they live --- a place where the hardships of life are no more --- at least temporarily. In addition, his creativity has led to the creation of a number of memorable classic characters, such as Mickey Mouse, Daffy Duck and Peter Pan, that children across the world have come to know.

A Forgotten Walt Interview From 1933


The article has a picture of a very dapper looking Walt Disney in a suit and hat with his arms crossed and the caption: Work is the real adventure in life. Money is merely a means to make more work possible, says Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies. The answer, according to Disney is: Invent your own job; take such an interest in it that you eat, sleep, dream, walk, talk and live nothing but your work until you succeed. Then you may take on a hobby or two if you feel so inclined. The secret of success if there is any, is liking what you do. I like my work better than my play. I play polo, when I have time, and I enjoy it, but it cant equal work! says Disney.

For one, I think his "Man on the Moon" Disneyland specials were at least partially responsible for inspiring people to get there in the first place.

A pioneer and innovator, and the possessor of one of the most fertile and unique imaginations the world has ever known

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