DIAMONIQUE CARTER

A STAR WAS BORN…WALTER ELIAS DISNEY

December 5, 1901

Chicago, Illinois

Elias Disney (Irish-Canadian) & Flora Call Disney (German-American)

3 brothers & 1 sister

Roy Disney- Co-founder of Walt Disney Productions

Ruth Flora Disney

Raymond Arnold Disney

Herbert Arthur Disney

Roy Disney Ruth Disney

CHILDHOOD

Raised in Marceline, Missouri

Drawings sold to neighbors

Family religion was

Congregationalist Christian

SCHOOLING

Walt Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago.

Took photography and drawing classes

Became a cartoonist for the school’s newspaper

HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT and tried to join ARMY

Got rejected and joined the Red Cross

TRAINING

Took classes at the Chicago Art Institute

Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design

INFLUENCESSent to France to drive an ambulance that was covered in his designs of Disney cartoons.

Returned to Kansas to become a cartoonist for the newspaper

Inspired by mother and older brother, Roy, to pursue his dreams

“JUST MARRIED”

June 13, 1925, Walt Disney & Lillian Bounds got married in Idaho. Lillian came up with

Mickey’s name, whileWalt

designed him.

Together they had two daughters, Diane and Sharon.

“FAILURE IS NOT FINAL”

Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas."

Laugh-O-Grams fell bankrupt.

At one point could not pay his rent and was surviving by eating dog food.

Universal obtained ownership of one of his cartoons and no longer needed him.

Mickey Mouse got rejected by MGM

Studios.

“REACH FOR THE SKY”Alice Comedies was successful, Walt became a recognized figure in Hollywood.

In 1932, the production entitled Flowers and Trees(the first color cartoon) won Walt the first of his studio's Academy Awards.

Won plenty of awards

Opened Disneyland Park in 1955

“& THE AWARD GOES TO…”

Walt Disney holds the record for both the most Academy Award nominations (59) and the number of Oscars awarded (22).

Earned 4 Honorary Oscars

Has TWO stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame

(motion picture & television work)

Medal from League of Nations for creating

Mickey Mouse.

Planet named after him called “4017 Disneya”

Even has his own font “Waltograph”

TALENTED OR NAH?

American motion-picture producer

Television producer

Showman

Pioneer of cartoon films

Creator of Disneyland.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF..

Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966 of lung cancer.