Walter Elias Disney
He died on December 15th, 1966 from lung cancer on
Burbank, California.
He has been one of the most recognized and successful
artists of all times.
When he was a child, his family moved to Missouri. At
those days, he began to love nature and wildlife. He had early interest in
arts. For that time he used to draw a lot, and he sold often drawings to
neighbors to make some extra money.
When he was 16 he was rejected from army, for that
reason he joined de Red cross and he was sent to France where he was driving an
ambulance while he continued his drawing labor. When he came back, he pursues a
career in commercial art. He started a small company, but he felt in bankrupt.
After that, he moved to Hollywood and started to work.
In 1932 he won his first studio´s Academy award with the production “Flowers
and Trees”. The first mouse he created wasn´t Mickey Mouse: It was Mortimer,
and he did it with a co-worker, but this character wasn´t good enough. “Snow
white and the seven dwarfs “was the first full animated musical in history, and
it´s still considerate one of the great feats of motion picture industry.
Disney has a record: he is the person who has won more
prizes in arts till now, about 22 Academy awards and 7 Emmy awards among
others. He was not only cartoonist, but also, director, animator, screenwriter,
and of course entrepreneur. He didn´t think only about motion pictures, also
about attraction parks for the American family. He also was a philanthropist
and a wild life defender.
In 1955 his dream of a organized and unique thematic
park: the first Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Since that time it is open
and it have been visited for more than 200 million people, including presidents
and kings from all over the world. Walter with his brother Roy co-founded Walt
Disney productions, which became later one of the best-known production
companies in the globe.
The industry of Walt Disney it´s still growing and has
annual revenues of
more than USD$45 billion in the year. And like he said, it
is:
“the happiest place on earth... the place where dreams come true"
Posted By Harold Sánchez Castaño, 14th course student.
Images and information taken from Internet
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