Walt Disney (Legends of Animation): The Mouse That Roared
Author(s): Jeff Lenburg (Author)
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Publication Date: 31 May 2011
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 142 pages
ISBN-10: 160413836X
ISBN-13: 9781604138368
Book Description
Best known for creating Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney is one of the 20th century’s most honored and important icons of animation. After producing animated shorts and launching his own animation studio, Disney introduced Mickey Mouse to the world in 1928, and released the first American animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937. During his career, Disney worked as an animator, director, producer, and screenwriter and expanded his business to include the world-famous theme parks Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida. Nominated for 63 Academy Awards, he produced many cartoons and feature films considered classics today, including Bambi, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and Sleeping Beauty. His artistic and technological innovations include developing the first sound cartoon and pioneering animation techniques such as personality animation, three-strip Technicolor, and multiplane animation. Walt Disney delves into this man’s colorful life, explaining the inspiration for his classic creations and revolutionary animation techniques.
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From the Inside Flap
The Legends of Animation series tells the life stories of the amazing artists who built and shaped the animation industry, created some of animation’s most enduring characters and stories, and influenced the technology of animation. These are the animators whose technical wizardry and creative inspiration made them legends. Emphasis is given to their professional achievements, their impact on popular culture, and the innovations they pioneered. Each book takes readers behind the scenes with a discussion of the animator’s personal and educational background, early work, styles and influences, key films and television productions, origins of their characters, and much more.
This unique series is perfect for general readers and students interested in animation.
· Each volume in Legends of Animation chronicles the life of an animation legend selected from animation’s more-than-100-year history. · Included in each volume are black-and-white and full-color images.
From the Back Cover
The Legends of Animation series tells the life stories of the amazing artists who built and shaped the animation industry, created some of animation’s most enduring characters and stories, and influenced the technology of animation. These are the animators whose technical wizardry and creative inspiration made them legends. Emphasis is given to their professional achievements, their impact on popular culture, and the innovations they pioneered. Each book takes readers behind the scenes with a discussion of the animator’s personal and educational background, early work, styles and influences, key films and television productions, origins of their characters, and much more.
This unique series is perfect for general readers and students interested in animation.
· Each volume in Legends of Animation chronicles the life of an animation legend selected from animation’s more-than-100-year history. · Included in each volume are black-and-white and full-color images.
About the Author
Jeff Lenburg is the author of 14 popular nonfiction books, including celebrity biographies and entertainment histories, that have been nominated for numerous honors, including the American Library Association’s “”Best Non-Fiction Award.”” He also teaches courses and workshops on research and writing, and is a part-time faculty member at Arizona State University West.
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