Walt Disney

Known for ProductionBorn 1901-12-05Died 1966-12-15Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, 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 now known as The Walt Disney Company and has annual revenues of approximately USD $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular 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, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won twenty-two Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[citation needed] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong. The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walt Disney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp

Classic Cartoon Favorites Volume 8: Holiday Celebration with Mickey and Pals

From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella

Walt Disney Treasures - Tomorrowland

Walt Disney Treasures - Disneyland USA

Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program

The Walt Disney Story

Walt Disney World Resort: Behind the Scenes

The Ceramic Mural

The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog

Perilous Assignment

Lapland

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

The Right Spark Plug in the Right Place

4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art'

Sports on the Silver Screen

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Mickey's 50

How Disney Built America

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

The Imagineering Story

Martha

Cinépanorama

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Celebrating Mickey

Magic Kingdom: Imagineering the Magic

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

A Dream Called Walt Disney World

Vintage Mickey

The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic

Stormy, the Thoroughbred

'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Julie Andrews Forever

The Magnificent Rebel

South of the Border with Disney

Donald Duck's Christmas Favourites

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars

Get a Horse!

Walt Disney: Once Upon a Time

Ballerina

The Olympic Elk

The Jack Benny Hour