
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.
Awards & recognition
- California Hall of Fame · 2006
- National Inventors Hall of Fame · 2000
- Grammy Trustees Award · 1989
- Winsor McCay Award · 1975
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1969
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- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1964
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1959
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 1956
- Primetime Emmy Award · 1956
- Primetime Emmy Award — Best Producer for a Film Series · 1956
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1955
- Audubon Medal · 1955
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1954
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1954
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 1954
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1954
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1953
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award · 1953
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1952
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1951
- Golden Bear · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1949
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1943
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1942
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1940
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1939
- Special Achievement Academy Award · 1939
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1938
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1937
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1936
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1935
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1934
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1932
- Academy Honorary Award · 1932
- Special Achievement Academy Award · 1932
- American Choreography Awards
- Congressional Gold Medal
- Emmy Award
- Grand Decoration of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
- Honorary César
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Order of the Aztec Eagle
- Order of the Crown of Thailand
- Order of the Southern Cross
- Progress Medal (SMPTE)
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1969 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1965 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1961 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1960 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 1960 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1960 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1959 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1959 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1957 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1955 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1954 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1954 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 1954 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1954 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1953 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1952 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1952 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1950 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1949 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Short Subject, Two-reel · 1949 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1948 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1947 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1946 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1944 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1942 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1939 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1938 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1937 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1936 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1935 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1934 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1932 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

How Disney Built America

The Imagineering Story

The Olympic Elk

The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic

Disneyland: U.S.A.

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Get a Horse!

The Pixar Story

Out of Scale

The Red Skelton Show

Nature's Half Acre

Mickey's Trailer

The Skeleton Dance

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

The Jungle Book

Jungle Cat

The Story of the Animated Drawing

Corn Chips

Fantasia

The Old Mill

Steamboat Willie

Waking Sleeping Beauty

The Sword in the Stone

The Prince and the Pauper

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Peter Pan

Alice in Wonderland

Thru the Mirror

The Band Concert

Lady and the Tramp

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Dragon Around

The Living Desert

Pluto's Christmas Tree

The Art of Skiing

Pinocchio

Clock Cleaners

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Disneyland Handcrafted

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Sputnik Mania

The Parent Trap

Pollyanna

Trick or Treat

Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Out on a Limb

Cinderella

What's My Line?

How to Play Baseball