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Walt Disney

1901-12-05

The Biography

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field 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 motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now now known as The Walt Disney Company and has annual revenues of approximately USD $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won twenty-two Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[citation needed] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong. The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walt Disney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies

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Fantasia

7.358 average rating
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Fun and Fancy Free

6.3 average rating
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Saludos Amigos

5.812 average rating
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The Last Verse

4 average rating
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The Pixar Story

7.6 average rating
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Ferdinand the Bull

6.652 average rating
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Steamboat Willie

7.294 average rating
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Waking Sleeping Beauty

7.2 average rating
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The Reluctant Dragon

6.602 average rating
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Howard

6.878 average rating
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Get a Horse!

7.6 average rating
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The Skeleton Dance

7.3 average rating
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Santa's Workshop

6.54 average rating
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The Untold Story of Mary Poppins: A Special Edition of 20/20

6 average rating
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The Fox Hunt

6 average rating
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Mickey and the Beanstalk

6.728 average rating
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Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

6.7 average rating
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Plane Crazy

6.3 average rating
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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

7.029 average rating
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The Real Charlie Chaplin

7.5 average rating