Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney, or Walt Disney as he would be known, was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 5, 1901 to Elias and Flora Disney. He was the fourth child born, with three older brothers and one younger sister. Walt started to develop a skill for drawing at the young age of four; a skill that would eventually grow into a corporate empire.
When Walt was nine, his younger sister Ruth became sick and he took to entertaining her with his many drawings. Walt even made his first attempts at animation by making a flip-book of drawings that “seemed to move when the papers were flipped.” (Thomas 35)
Walt was always stretching his imagination with his drawings. As he grew, he became captivated with magic and took much delight in playing magic tricks on his parents. In fourth grade his teacher told the class to draw the bowl of flowers she had on her desk. After strolling around the class, she stopped at Walt’s desk. “He had drawn human faces on the flowers with arms where the leaves were supposed to be. The teacher chastised him for not following the assignment.” (Thomas, 36) However, she didn’t stop Walt from dreaming and drawing how he viewed the world, a skill that would help him become a pioneer artist with hand drawn, full length films. However, before his films would be produced, Walt created shorts, such as the following; an Alice series, Oswald the lucky Rabbit, and Mickey Mouse and friends.
At the age of twenty-two, “Walt’s head was full of ideas and plans. He was determined to get to the top in the land of Fantasy-Hollywood.” (Selden, 32) Walt’s brother Roy, still trying to keep an eye on his “kid” brother, stayed close by, not having any idea that he would one day be working very closely with him.
In 1923, when Walt couldn’t find a directing job, he sent his first film, called “Alice in Cartoonland”, to an important cartoon distributor in New York to Margaret J Winkler. “We’ll call ourselves the Disney Brothers Studio.” (Selden, 34) Walt said to his
When Walt was nine, his younger sister Ruth became sick and he took to entertaining her with his many drawings. Walt even made his first attempts at animation by making a flip-book of drawings that “seemed to move when the papers were flipped.” (Thomas 35)
Walt was always stretching his imagination with his drawings. As he grew, he became captivated with magic and took much delight in playing magic tricks on his parents. In fourth grade his teacher told the class to draw the bowl of flowers she had on her desk. After strolling around the class, she stopped at Walt’s desk. “He had drawn human faces on the flowers with arms where the leaves were supposed to be. The teacher chastised him for not following the assignment.” (Thomas, 36) However, she didn’t stop Walt from dreaming and drawing how he viewed the world, a skill that would help him become a pioneer artist with hand drawn, full length films. However, before his films would be produced, Walt created shorts, such as the following; an Alice series, Oswald the lucky Rabbit, and Mickey Mouse and friends.
At the age of twenty-two, “Walt’s head was full of ideas and plans. He was determined to get to the top in the land of Fantasy-Hollywood.” (Selden, 32) Walt’s brother Roy, still trying to keep an eye on his “kid” brother, stayed close by, not having any idea that he would one day be working very closely with him.
In 1923, when Walt couldn’t find a directing job, he sent his first film, called “Alice in Cartoonland”, to an important cartoon distributor in New York to Margaret J Winkler. “We’ll call ourselves the Disney Brothers Studio.” (Selden, 34) Walt said to his