Walt Disney

He was a pioneer of the American animation industry.

He was born on December 5th 1901 in Chicago Illinois United States.

His father's name was Elias Disney and mother's name was flora called Disney.

His father was an Irish Canadian by descent and his mother was a German American.

At the age of four he shifted base to Marceline Missouri with his family it was here that he developed his lifelong fascination for drawing and painting.

The family moved to Kansas City in 1911 where he received his early education moving to Chicago in 1917.

He enrolled himself at the McKinley High School, at night he used to attend course at the Chicago Art Institute.

He worked as a cartoonist for his school newspaper.

Soon he dropped out of school to join the army but was rejected because he was underage he then served as the driver of an ambulance for Red Cross moving back to Kansas City in 1919 started working at the pest man Ruben Art Studio as ad writer it was there that he met a by works in 1920.

He found employment with Kansas City film Ad Company his profile included making commercials from cutout animations he developed an interest in animation and decided to become an animator however finding true interest in sell animation.

He left the company to start his own business venture he offered employment to Fred Harmon who was his colleague at Kansas city film ad company he entered into a business deal with a local theater owner Franco Newman to screen the cartoons which he named laugh-o-grams the popularity of the cartoons led to the opening of laugh-o-grams studio however financial debt caused the closure of the studio in 1923 impervious to the bankruptcy.

He aimed to set up a studio in California together with his brother Roy and I works he opened Disney Brothers studio they invented a character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for which they contracted the shorts at $1,500 each in 1925.

He recruited Incan paint artist Lillian bound he married her in the same year at the age of 24 together with I work.

He worked on creating a new character based on his pet mouse which he adopted during the laugh-o-gram days the final touches to the sketch gave the world of animation a new character in Mickey Mouse in 1929.

 

He released a series of musical shorts titled Silly Symphonies in 1933 he created his most memorable cartoon short the Three Little Pigs the cartoon was a big hit and garnered positive reviews in 1935. 

He created history by launching flowers and trees then one of the most popular cartoon shorts in color for the same he was bestowed with the prestigious Academy Award in 1934. 

He planned to come up with a full-length animation feature people deemed it to be Disney's folly and the mark of his downfall after a successful training schedule his high profile leaf of a feature film titled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs went into production in 1934.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opened to public in February 1938 the film was a blockbuster at the box office and went on to become the most successful film of 1938 in its initial release the film had grossed eight million dollars following the success of his first film.

He started working on several letters including Pinocchio Fantasia Dumbo and Bambi in 1939.

 

He opened the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank by 1950s after stabilizing the financial condition of Walt Disney Studios he started focusing again on feature films the first to release was Cinderella in 1950 which was followed by Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Treasure Island lady in the  Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians.

A visit to children's fairyland in Oakland inspired him for the concept of Disneyland after five years of immense planning projecting fundraising and execution the grand opening of Disneyland theme park took place on July 17 1955 the park primarily gave children and families to explore the world the fantasy.

He died on December 15 1966 due to lung cancer.

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them”

                                                                                                    Walt Disney