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Walt Disney

Walt Disney. The Story Of His Life. Who was Walt Disney ?. Walt Disney was a TV producer and the creator of Disney World. He was born on December 5 th 1901 in Illinois, Chicago, America. His wife was Lillian Bounds Disney and was a father to Diane Disney Miller and Sharon Mae Disney .

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Walt Disney

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  1. Walt Disney The Story Of His Life

  2. Who was Walt Disney ? • Walt Disney was a TV producer and the creator of Disney World. • He was born on December 5th 1901 in Illinois, Chicago, America. • His wife was Lillian Bounds Disney and was a father to Diane Disney Miller and Sharon Mae Disney . • He was the creator of Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse and won 22 Academy Awards in his life. • He came from a family of 7; 3 brothers, 1 sister, him, mother and father. • His father was an Irish-Canadian, Elias Disney and his mother was German-American ,Floral Call Disney. • He Died in 1966 in Burbank, Canada.

  3. The Start of his Career. • At an early age Disney started drawing pictures for his family and neighbours. • Disney became interested in trains and later worked on railroads. • At night he went to art classes at the McKiney High School in Chicago and studied cartoonist drawings. • When Disney became 16 he decided to drop out of school to join the army but wasn’t accepted as he was seen as underage. • He made a decision to join the Red Cross and was sent to France for a year as an ambulance driver.

  4. The Start of his Career continued • In 1919 he moved back to America in Kansas City where he was given a job by his brother, Roy Disney, as a newspaper artist. • A few years later he got fired from his job for lacking imagination. • From this he opened his own new company and his first employee was Fred Harman who was his old work mate. • They named their new company Laugh-oh-Grim and their cartoons were very, very popular. • This allowed him to buy his own studio and create 7 {seven} minute tales. • The company became a burden because he was in debt and months later he was forced to announce bankruptcy.

  5. The New Family Company With his brother , Roy Disney, they created Disney Brother Studios which made its way to Hollywood. • There first contract was worth 1,500 dollars to make the Alice cartoons. • In 1929 they created Silly-Symphonies. • December 21st 1933 he produced Snow White and Seven Dwarfs which made an unbelievable 1.499 million dollars and won 8 Oscars. • More then 100 short films were made in the studio.

  6. Disney land Appearance • On July 17th 1955 Disney was able to buy a 17million dollar building to design and create Disney World with his business partner/brother, Roy Disney. • This became well-known for rides and meeting your favourite Disney characters. • In such a short time the sites money increased and tourists from around the world came to observe the new, popular site. • From that its improved so much.

  7. When Did He Die? • A few years Later after the opening when he was making big plans for improving Disney land and constructing had began, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in 1966. • He was cremated {burned} and the improved theme park was named Walt Disney World in his honour. • After his death his brother took over the company in his honour.

  8. Walt's Famous Drawings • Mickey mouse, Minnie mouse, Donald duck, Daisy duck, Goofy and Pluto.

  9. Walt Disney and Family • Walt Disney, Lillian Bounds Disney, Diane Disney Miller and Sharon Mae Disney

  10. Walt Elias Disney

  11. Quotes • This is my favourite Quote said by Walt Disney.

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