Walt Disney

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer,international icon, and philanthropist, was the 'king of cartoon' in the United States. He refined animation and thoroughly defined animated feature films, well-known for his influence in thefield of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motionpicture producers in the world. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and has annual revenues of approximately USD $35 billion. As an accomplished studio, DisneyAnimation is a good example to use when studying the history and progress of animation.
Disney Animation started as a small studio doing a series of Alice shorts that combinedlive-action and animation and straight animated shorts called Laugh-o-Grams. Disney used new sound technology to produce “Steam Boat Willy,” the first short featuring Mickey Mouse.Additionally, they created a series of animations called “Silly Symphonies” which incorporated new colored film technologies.
It was Disney’s studio that first implemented storyboards intheir preproduction process, which set Disney narratives above the rest in their ability to visually represent a story. As Disney’s studio grew in terms of staff, finance, and prestige,its animation became more complex and refined. However, the actual process of animating was the same as it had been when Walt Disney started years earlier. The idea of how animationshould be viewed and plotted was changing as Disney’s studio sought to tell better stories. Eventually, the studio put together its first full-length animation Snow White, 1937.