- American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer
Real name: | Walter Elias Disney | Born: | 05 December 1901 Comment | When did Walt Disney die? / Died | 15 December 1966 | How many years did Walt Disney live? / Lived | 65 years | Where was Walt Disney born? | Chicago, Illinois, USA | Nicknames: | Walt | Zodiac sign: | Sagittarius |
Walt Disney Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is Walt Disney worth? | Under review
| Nationality: | American |
Who was Walt Disney? / Facts
- A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons
- As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won twenty-two Oscars from 59 nominations
- He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors
- Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress
- Born in Chicago in 1901, Disney developed an early interest in drawing
- He took art classes as a boy and got a job as a commercial illustrator at the age of 18
- He moved to Hollywood in the early 1920s and set up the Disney Brothers Studio with his brother Roy
- With Ub Iwerks, Walt developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928, his first highly popular success; he also provided the voice for his creation in the early years
- As the studio grew, Disney became more adventurous, introducing synchronized sound, full-color three-strip Technicolor, feature-length cartoons and technical developments in cameras
- The results, seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Fantasia, Pinocchio (both 1940), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942), furthered the development of animated film
- New animated and live-action films followed after World War II, including the critically successful Cinderella (1950) and Mary Poppins (1964), the latter of which received five Academy Awards
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