Walter Elias Disney was born December 5, 1901, in Chicago. He is a founder of Walt Disney Productions. He is a producer, director, scriptwriter, voice actor, animator, entertainer and the most influential public figure of the 20th century.
Walt Disney is famous as a film producer and popular actor. He is an innovator in the world of animation. Including creating fictional characters, Mickey Mouse which is very global until now. He has received a total of 59 award nominations, proving that he was the most influential person in the 20th century.
It also includes the name of an international park and resort in the US and Tokyo that we know today, Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort.
Disney died on December 15, 1966, due to lung cancer in Burbank, California.
CAREER
He began his career as a freelance designer for newspapers, magazines, and cinemas. Until the time of meeting him with a cartoonist, Ubbe Iwerks where he first debuted their commercial company together. But, the effort did not last long.
Then, he worked temporarily at an Advertising company in Kansas. And after getting enough experience he founded another animation company by recruiting his friends during his time working in the Ad company. It was here that he began to become popular until he finally got his own studio and was called Laugh-O-Gram. But, because of poor money management, the company was soon disbanded.
Disney decided to set up another studio in the film industry capital, Hollywood, California. This is where his career in the international film industry is getting brighter until now.