Joe Grant

Known for WritingBorn 1908-05-15Died 2005-05-06New York City, New York, USA

Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 – May 6, 2005) was an American artist and writer. Born in New York City, New York, he worked for The Walt Disney Company as a character designer and story artist beginning in 1933 on the Mickey Mouse short, "Mickey's Gala Premiere". He was a Disney legend. He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He co-wrote Dumbo. He also led development of Pinocchio and Fantasia. During World War II, Grant worked on war cartoons including the Academy Award winning Der Fuehrer's Face. He left the Disney studio in 1949 and ran a ceramics business and a greeting card business but returned in 1989 to work on Beauty and the Beast. He also worked on Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Fantasia 2000, and Pixar's Monsters, Inc. among others. The last two films he worked on before his death, Chicken Little and Pixar's Up, were dedicated to him. Grant worked four days a week at Disney until he died, nine days before his 97th birthday. Grant's final project, Lorenzo, for which he conceived the idea and helped storyboard, received an Academy Award nomination in 2005. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

A Conversation with Joe Grant

The Lion King

Up

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Mulan

Beauty and the Beast

The Pixar Story

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born

Pocahontas

Fantasia

Popeye the Sailor

Alice in Wonderland

Thru the Mirror

Pinocchio

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Lorenzo

Dumbo

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

Der Fuehrer's Face

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Broken Toys

Wynken, Blynken & Nod

Chicken Little

The Tortoise and the Hare

Three Orphan Kittens

Three Little Wolves

Reason and Emotion

The Grasshopper and the Ants

Pedro

Mickey's Gala Premiere

Toby Tortoise Returns

Make Mine Music

Saludos Amigos

The New Spirit

Treasure Island

More Kittens

Parade of the Award Nominees

The Spirit of '43

Jack and the Beanstalk

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

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