Walt Disney

Also known as Walter Elias Disney, Walter Disney

American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)

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Walt Disney was an American animator and entrepreneur who founded The Walt Disney Company, one of the world's most influential entertainment corporations. His innovations in animation and studio production fundamentally shaped the entertainment industry and popular culture throughout the 20th century.

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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…

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Disneyland Handcrafted — Self (archive footage)2026
Eternal Ghosts — Mickey Mouse (Voice / Archival Footage)2025
Disney Abu Dhabi — Self / Archival Footage2025
The Unlucky Rabbit — Self (Archive Interview)2025
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland — Self - Archival Footage2025
Death Of The Rat — Mickey Mouse / Pete (voice) (archive footage)2024
The Last Verse — Self (archive footage)2024
How Disney Built America — Self - Archive Footage2024
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse — Self (archive footage)2022
Cartoon Carnival — Self (archive footage)2021

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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Walt Disney, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Walter Elias Disney (/ˈdɪzni/ DIZ-nee; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) 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.

Born in Chicago in 1901 and raised largely in Missouri, Disney developed an early interest in drawing. He took art classes as a boy and took a job as a commercial illustrator at the age of 18. He moved to California in the early 1920s and set up the Disney Brothers Studio (now the Walt Disney Company) with his brother Roy. With Ub Iwerks, he developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928, his first highly popular success; he also provided the voice for his creation in the early years. As the studio grew, he became more adventurous, introducing synchronized sound, full-color three-strip Technicolor, feature-length cartoons and technical developments in cameras. The results, seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942), furthered the development of animated film. New animated and live-action films followed after World War II, including Cinderella (1950), Sleeping Beauty (1959), and Mary Poppins (1964), the last of which received five Academy Awards.