Personal Info
Known For
Production
Birthdate
1901-12-05
Day of Death
1966-12-15
Place of Birth
Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Walt Disney
Biography
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.
Filmography (280)
Disneyland Handcrafted
2026
The Unlucky Rabbit
2025
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
2025
Eternal Ghosts
2025
The Last Verse
2024
Death Of The Rat
2024
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Cartoon Carnival
2021
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
One Day at Disney
2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
2019
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
Secrets of British Animation
2018
