"For life to be a fairytale, perhaps all
you need is to believe."
------------Walt Disney
Wa l t e r E l i a s D i s n e y
December 5, 1901-December 15, 1966
American business
magnate
Animator
Cartoonist
Producer
Director
Screenwriter
Philanthropist
Voice actor
T h e Wa l t Di s n e y C o mp a n y
US $ 4 5 / p e r y e a r
22 Academy Awards
from a total of 59 nominations
Seven Emmy Awards
Walt Disney Roy O. Disney
The Wal t Di s ney Company
Theme park Disneyland
Walt Disney World Resort
Childhood
1 9 0 1 - 1 9 3 7 B e g i n n i n g s
Five years old
Drew pictures of neighbors horse
Disney was born on December 5, 1901.
Teenage years
Chicago Art Institute
World War I
Red Cross
1 9 0 1 - 1 9 3 7 B e g i n n i n g s
Cartoonist for the school newspaper
1919 back to Kansas City
Began his artistic career
1925 married with Lillian Bounds
Laugh-O-Grams St udi o
J a n u a r y 1 9 2 0
I w e r k s - Di s n e y C o mme r c i a l Ar t i s t s
Ka n s a s C i t y Fi l m Ad C o mp a n y
Di s n e y b e c a me i n t e r e s t e d i n a n i ma t i o n a n d
d e c i d e d t o b e c o me a n a n i ma t o r .
Ope ne d h i s o wn a ni ma t i o n
bu s i ne s s
La u g h - O- Gr a ms St u d i o
Wa l t D i s n e y
F r e d H a r m a n w i t h h i s
b r o t h e r H u g h H a r m a n
R u d o l f L s i n g w i t h h i s
f r i e n d U b b e L w e r k s
Film and business career in Hollywood
Alice
Comedies
Virginia Davis
Alices Wonderland
Os wal d the L ucky Rabbi t
O s w a l d - d r a w n a n d c r e a t e d b y I w e r k s
b e c a me a p o p u l a r f i g u r e
t h e O s w a l d t r a d e m a r k
Walt Disney Company
Af t e r 7 8 y e a r s , Di s n e y g o t b a c k t h e r i g h t s
t o t h e O s w a l d c h a r a c t e r i n 2 0 0 6
F r o m t h e NBC Un i v e r s a l
Un i v e r s a l
O wn e d t h e O s wa l d t r a d e ma r k
I we r k s
L e a v e Di s n e y
Mickey Mouse
Di s n e y r e w o r k e d t h e s k e t c h e s f r o m Ub I w e r k s
Di s n e y p r o v i d e d t h e a n i ma t e a n d v o i c e f o r Mi c k e y
I n t h e w o r d s o f o n e Di s n e y e mp l o y e e ,
Ub d e s i g n e d Mi c k e y s a p p e a r a n c e , b u t Wa l t g a v e h i m h i s
s o u l .
Mortimer
Mickey
S t e a mb o a t Wi l l i e
Ad d s o u n d t r a c k s
1932
Special Academy Award
"I only hope that we never lose
sight of one thing - that it was all
started by a mouse."
---------Walt Disney
