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Walt Disney

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Born December 5, 1901 · Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died December 15, 1966

Also known as Walter Elias Disney · Retlaw Elias Yensid · Retlaw Yensid

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Biography

Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards won (22) and nominations (59) by an individual. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress and have also been named as some of the best by the American Film Institute.

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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

1959as Self - Host

How Disney Built America

2024as Self - Archive Footage

The Imagineering Story

2019as Self (archival footage)

The Olympic Elk

1952Presenter

The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic

2014as Self (archive footage)

Disneyland: U.S.A.

1956as Self

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021as Self (archive footage)

Get a Horse!

2013as Mickey Mouse (voice)

The Pixar Story

2007as Self (archive footage)

Out of Scale

1951Producer

Nature's Half Acre

1951Producer

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Self

Mickey's Trailer

1938as Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

The Skeleton Dance

1929as Dog (voice)

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

2019as Self (archive footage)

The Jungle Book

1967Producer

Jungle Cat

1960Presenter, Producer

The Story of the Animated Drawing

1955as Self - Host

Corn Chips

1951Producer

Fantasia

1940as Mickey Mouse (segment 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice') (voice)

The Old Mill

1937Producer

Steamboat Willie

1928as Mickey Mouse / Minnie Mouse / Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009as Self (archive footage)

The Sword in the Stone

1963Producer

The Prince and the Pauper

1962Producer

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961Producer

Peter Pan

1953Producer

Lambert the Sheepish Lion

1951Producer

Alice in Wonderland

1951Producer

Thru the Mirror

1936as Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

The Band Concert

1935Producer

Disneyland Handcrafted

2026as Self (archive footage)

Lady and the Tramp

1955Producer

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954Producer

Dragon Around

1954Producer

The Living Desert

1953Presenter

Pluto's Christmas Tree

1952Producer

The Art of Skiing

1941Producer

Pinocchio

1940Producer

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1937Producer

Clock Cleaners

1937as Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

2022as Self (archive footage)

Sputnik Mania

2007as Self (archive footage)

The Parent Trap

1961Presenter, Producer

Pollyanna

1960Producer

Trick or Treat

1952Producer

Out on a Limb

1950Producer

Cinderella

1950Producer

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Mystery Guest

How to Play Baseball

1942Producer