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The Walt Disney Company, an entertainment company founded by brothers Walt and Roy Disney, well known for producing animated films and television series, performing stage musicals, and operating theme parks
Walt Disney, a 20th century motion picture producer who founded the company by the same name, well known as the creator and first voice of animated character Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney, a 20th Century motion picture producer who founded the company by the same name, well known as the creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse
{i} family name; Walt Disney (1901-1966), Unites States cartoonist and film producer and maker, pioneer in the field of animated cartoons, founder of Disneyland; Walt Disney Company, one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world that was founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother; town in Oklahoma (USA)
U.S. entertainment corporation. It was founded by Walt Disney and his brother Roy as Walt Disney Productions in 1929 to incorporate their cartoon animation studio. It produced short and full-length animated cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s, then expanded in the 1950s to make nature documentaries and live-action films as well as television programs. The opening of the amusement parks Disneyland (1955) and Walt Disney World (1971; see Disney World and Disneyland) strengthened the company's dominance of the family entertainment industry in the U.S. The company declined after Disney's death in 1966 but was revitalized under new management in the 1980s. As the Walt Disney Co. it expanded its production units to include Touchstone Pictures and Miramax, makers of films for more mature audiences, and revitalized its animation division, producing films such as The Little Mermaid (1989) and Toy Story (1995), the first full-length computer-animated film. The company took an active role in reviving and commercializing New York City's Times Square, including the recreation of some of its animated films, such as The Lion King (1994), as Broadway musicals. In 1994 it opened Celebration, a planned community in central Florida. It acquired the ABC television network in 1996 and became the world's largest media and entertainment corporation; it also operates the cable television Disney Channel. See also Michael Eisner
Two theme parks built by the Walt Disney Co. (see Disney Co.), a U.S. corporation that became the best-known 20th-century purveyor of entertainment. Disneyland, an interactive, family-oriented fantasy environment that opened in Anaheim, Calif., in 1955, was Walt Disney's response to typical amusement parks, which entertained children but not their parents. The park, which has architecture that is a blend of futurism and nostalgic 19th-century reproductions, has different sections devoted to specific themes. Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Fla., in 1971. Besides containing Epcot Center (an idealized city), Disney-MGM Studios, and the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom theme parks, Disney World was the first amusement park to incorporate hotels (including two designed by Michael Graves) and sports and other recreational facilities into its master plan. In the late 20th century new Disney theme parks also opened in Paris and Tokyo
Walter Elias Disney, a 20th Century motion picture producer who founded the company by the same name, well known as the creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse
The Walt Disney Company, an entertainment company founded by brothers Walt and Roy Disney, well known for producing animated films, performing stage musicals and operating theme parks
a US film producer who is famous for making cartoon films for children, and for inventing some of the best-known cartoon characters, including Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. His cartoon films include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Fantasia. His company continues to make popular films, especially for children (1901-66). Disney, Walt. born Dec. 5, 1901, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 15, 1966, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. animator and entertainment executive. In the 1920s he joined with his brother Roy and his friend Ub Iwerks (1901-71) to establish an animation studio. Together they created Mickey Mouse, the cheerful rodent customarily drawn by Iwerks, with Disney providing the voice that starred in the first animated film with sound, Steamboat Willie (1928). The brothers formed Walt Disney Productions (later the Disney Co.) in 1929. Mickey Mouse's instant popularity led them to invent other characters such as Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy and to make several short cartoon films, including The Three Little Pigs (1933). Their first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), was followed by classics such as Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), and Cinderella (1950). A perfectionist, an innovator, and a skilled businessman, Walt Disney maintained tight control over the company in both creative and business aspects. He oversaw the company's expansion into live-action films, television programming, theme parks, and mass merchandising. By his death in 1966, Disney had transformed the family entertainment industry and influenced more than one generation of American children
{i} (1901-1966, born Walter Elias Disney), Unites States cartoonist and film producer and maker, pioneer in the field of animated cartoons, founder of Disneyland
born Dec. 5, 1901, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 15, 1966, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. animator and entertainment executive. In the 1920s he joined with his brother Roy and his friend Ub Iwerks (1901-71) to establish an animation studio. Together they created Mickey Mouse, the cheerful rodent customarily drawn by Iwerks, with Disney providing the voice that starred in the first animated film with sound, Steamboat Willie (1928). The brothers formed Walt Disney Productions (later the Disney Co.) in 1929. Mickey Mouse's instant popularity led them to invent other characters such as Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy and to make several short cartoon films, including The Three Little Pigs (1933). Their first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), was followed by classics such as Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), and Cinderella (1950). A perfectionist, an innovator, and a skilled businessman, Walt Disney maintained tight control over the company in both creative and business aspects. He oversaw the company's expansion into live-action films, television programming, theme parks, and mass merchandising. By his death in 1966, Disney had transformed the family entertainment industry and influenced more than one generation of American children