Walt Disney(1901 - 1966)

Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Disney is the creator of the world-famous cartoon character, Mickey Mouse. The small animation company started in Hollywood, California by Disney and his brother Roy, has grow into one of the world's most powerful media conglomerates.

Besides Mickey Mouse, Disney created such cartoon characters as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. Winner of a record 30 Academy Awards, he created the first full-length animated feature films, beginning with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937, and including "Pinocchio" in 1938 and "Bambi" in 1942. He also made "true-life" adventure films including "Seal Island" in 1948 and "Davy Crockett" in 1955. He also produced the first color television series, "Disney's Wonderful World of Color" beginning in 1961.

In addition to animation and movies, Disney launched two amusement parks: Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida. Since his death in 1966 the Disney company has opened Disneyland Paris in France, and produced a new series of animated feature films. Just this year Disney purchased Capital Cities/ABC Television.

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沃特·迪斯尼 (1901 - 1966)

1901 年12 月5 日生于芝加哥，1966 年12 月15 日卒于洛杉機。早年就讀于堪薩斯城美術學院，20 年代初開始制作動畫短片，1928 年起拍攝有聲動畫短片(《威利號汽船》等)。最受歡迎的動畫片是米老鼠和唐老鴨。因米老鼠片獲1932 年奧斯卡特別獎。1938 年制成有史以來第一部大型動畫故事片《白雪公主和七個小矮人》，獲8 項奧斯卡獎。其他名作有《木偶奇遇記》(1940)、《幻想曲》(1940)、《飛象鄧博》(1941)、《小鹿班比》(1942)、《灰姑娘》(1950)、《愛麗斯漫游仙境》(1951)、《睡美人》(1959)。

多數作品劇情動人，造型別致，筆調幽默，寓意深刻。人格化的小動物動作夸張，性格活潑，形象明朗可愛。第二次世界大戰期間為政府拍宣傳片，后因動畫故事片成本高，使生產紀錄大自然罕見現象的獵奇片、冒險片、真人故事片及彩色電視系列片。他成功的原因是對兒童心理了解深刻，想象力豐富，善于物色人才，組織能力強，重視新技術。迪斯尼公司創造了動畫片角色的動作和音樂同時創作的工藝，使音響和畫面同步，1932 年首先采用三色法工藝。他興辦的大型游樂場迪斯尼樂園(加利福尼亞)和迪斯尼世界(佛羅里達)以技術設施再現出他的動畫片中的境界，并用他的動畫片中的人物進行表演。

名言：If you can dream it, you can do it.