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Ben Sharpsteen
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film director, film producer (1895-1980)
Film & TV
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Benjamin Sharpsteen was an American film director and producer for Disney. He was born on 4 November 1895 in Tacoma, Washington. He graduated from an agricultural college but gave up farming to join the Marines during World War II. He became an animator, joining the old International Film Company in New York, but soon joined Walt Diseny. He directed 31 films between 1920 and 1980. He also created…
Known for
- The Disneyland Story — Self1954
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tacoma
- Place of death
- Calistoga
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of California, Davis
- Employer
- Walt Disney Studios
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Disney Legends
- Field of work
- film production
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- date of birth
- 1895-11-04
- date of death
- 1980-12-20
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- Commons category
- Ben Sharpsteen
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
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