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"It was obviously a great atmosphere when Walt was alive. If Walt liked something, we knew damn well it had to be good; it had to be successful. Obviously, things are not the same without him. Walt was a great leader, and in his own way, a genius. For that one genius it has taken fifty geniuses to fill his void."
— Disney president & Walt's son-in-law Ron W. Miller
          The Walt Disney World Resort opened in Orlando, Florida in 1971; EPCOT Center opened at Walt Disney World in 1982. Launched the Disney Channel in 1983; launched Touchstone Pictures in 1984. A shakeup by the board of directors in 1984 (led by major shareholder Roy E. Disney) brought in Michael Eisner [chairman], Frank Wells [president/COO] & Jeffrey Katzenberg [CEO] to run the company. Acquired independent film distributor Miramax Films in 1993. When Wells died in 1994, Katzenberg was denied promotion so he quit and co-founded DreamWorks SKG. Top Hollywood agent Michael Ovitz hired as president in October 1995. Acquired the A.B.C. television network from Capital Cities in 1996. Ovitz was removed in November 1997 (with an outrageously excessive severance buyout).
          Hired Robert Iger as president in 2000; acquired Saban Entertainment in 2002; shut down traditional hand-drawn animation in March 2002. Unhappy board members (again led by major shareholder Roy E. Disney) got rid of Eisner in 2004, and replaced him with George J. Mitchell as chairman and Iger as CEO. Purchased Pixar Animation Studios in 2006. Announced plans in 2007 to replace brands such as Buena Vista by converting various divisions to the Disney, A.B.C., E.S.P.N., Miramax, Pixar & Touchstone brands. Sold the movies.com information site to Fandango in June 2008.
          Then in late 2012, The Walt Disney Company announced an agreement to purchase Lucasfilm from George Lucas for $4.05 billion. (That new division is now added below.)
Walt Disney Pictures official website
Walt Disney Company entry at Wikipedia
Walt Disney Studios entry at Wikipedia
Magic Lantern's Walt Disney [1901-66] Page
Magic Lantern's Disney Films Page
Paul F. Anderson's 'Disney History Institute' blog
Ken Polsson's 'Chronology of the Walt Disney Company' website [est. 1995]
Books About Disney Studios
  | "The Disney That Never Was: The Stories & Art of Five Decades of Unproduced Animation" [1995] by Charles Solomon Disney Editions 10½x10¼ hardcover [11/95] out of print/used |
  | "Building A Company: Roy O. Disney and The Creation of An Entertainment Empire" [1998] by Bob Thomas Disney Editions 8x5¼ pb [7/99] out of print/used Disney Editions 9&fracx6¼ hardcover [7/98] for $19.96 |
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"Disney: The First 100 Years" [1999] by Dave Smith & Steven Clark Hyperion hardcover [rev 2/2003] for $17.50 Hyperion hardcover [10/99] for $28.00 |
  | "Designing Disney: Imagineering and The Art of The Show" [2003] by John Hench [1908-2004], with Peggy Van Pelt Disney Editions 10¾x9 pb [1/2009] for $13.57 Disney Editions 11x9 hardcover [9/2003] out of print/used |
  | "Disney War" [2005] by James B. Stewart S&S 8½x5½ pb [3/2006] for $10.40 S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2005] for $18.87 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [3/2005] for $50.37 |
  | "Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia" [orig 1998, rev 2006] by Dave Smith Disney Editions 3rd edition 10x7¼x2½" {4 pounds!} hardcover [9/2006] for $26.40 Disney Editions 10x7½ hardcover [8/98] out of print/many used |
  | "Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney - The Sources of Inspiration For The Disney Studios" [2007] by Bruno Girveau Looks at the matter from both directions: how Walt and the studio have always used their library of classic and other art to inspire visuals in their movies, and how modern artists have used Disney product as inspiration for their own works. Prestel Publng 12¼x9½ hardcover [2/2007] for $52.50 |
  | "Disney Lost and Found: Exploring The Hidden Artwork From Never-Produced Animation" [2008] by Charles Solomon Disney Editions 9x11¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $19.80 |
Announced 7/2011: David Lesjak is working on a book about Disney's Hyperion studio, 1925-39
http://www.amazon.com/Walts-People-Talking-Disney-Artists/dp/1413478670/
http://www.amazon.com/Walts-People-Talking-Disney-Artists/dp/1425700179/
http://www.amazon.com/Walt-apos-s-People-3/dp/1425713440/
http://www.amazon.com/Walts-People-Talking-Disney-Artist/dp/1425746705/
http://www.amazon.com/Walts-People-Talking-Disney-Artists/dp/1425783147/
http://www.amazon.com/Walts-People-Talking-Disney-Artists/dp/1436318726/
http://www.amazon.com/Working-Walt-Interviews-Disney-Artists/dp/1604730234/
Movies About Disney Studios
  | "Frank and Ollie: Their Friendship Changed The Face of Animation" documentary feature film [Disney Oct 1995] The touching story of the lifelong friendship and artisitc collaboration of Oliver Johnston and Franklin Thomas, the two men responsible for much of the high standards of Walt Disney's character animation.Co-produced, written & directed by Theodore Thomas (son of Frank) Walt Disney Video color DVD [11/2003] for $26.99 Walt Disney Video color VHS [3/99] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Waking Sleeping Beauty" docu
The Film & Music Library
Magic Lantern's Disney Films Page
top of page
books The Walt Disney Era The Post-Walt Era Disney Art
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  | "The Disney Films" [orig 1973] by Leonard Maltin Disney Books 11x8½ 4th edition pb [8/2000] out of print/used Disney Books 11x8½ 3rd edition pb [9/95] out of print/many used Crown hardcover [1973] out of print/used Random House hardcover [1973] out of print/used |
  | "The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse To The Magic Kingdoms" [orig 1973, rev 2004] by Christopher Finch Harry N. Abrams 'revised/expanded' hardcover [11/2004] for $37.80 Harry N. Abrams 10x9½ 'concise' pb [9/99] for $15.61 |
  | "The Disney Poster: The Animated Film Classics From Mickey Mouse To Aladdin" [1993]
Disney Editions 5½x4½ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used Disney Editions 14¼x11¼ hardcover [9/93] out of print/used |
  | "The Disney Poster Book" [2002] by Tony Anselmo
Disney Editions 14¼x11¼ hardcover [2002] out of print/used very different "The Disney Poster Book" [1984]
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"The Vault of Walt" [2010] by Jim Korkis
https://www.amazon.com/Vault-Walt-Jim-Korkis/dp/0615402429/
"The Revised Vault of Walt: Unofficial, Unauthorized, Uncensored Disney Stories Never Told" [] by Jim Korkis
http://www.amazon.com/The-Revised-Vault-Walt-Unauthorized-ebook/dp/B00AJA95DE/
http://www.amazon.com/Vault-Walt-Unofficial-Unauthorized-Uncensored-ebook/dp/B00FQ4QTIM/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Vault-Walt-Unofficial-Stories-ebook/dp/B00NZC1Q6C/
  | "Who's Afraid of The Song of The South? and Other Forbidden Disney Stories" [2012] by Jim Korkis, Foreword by Floyd Norman following several chapters on Disney's "Song of The South" [1946], other chapter-topics include: L. Frank Baum & 'Oz'; Tim Burton; 'John Carter on Mars'; J. Edgar Hoover; Ward Kimball; Jessica Rabbit; and Mickey Rooney Kindle Edition from Theme Park Press [11/2012] for $5.99 Theme Park Press 8½x5½ pb [12/2012] for $16.25 |
http://www.amazon.com/MAGICAL-MUSIC-WALT-DISNEY-SOUNDTRACKS/dp/B001CM4YRU/
http://www.amazon.com/Magical-Music-Walt-Disney-Years/dp/B001OOJGBK/
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Classics-Gordon-Orchestra-Singers/dp/B0035KO3BO/
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Disney-Vol-Years-Musical/dp/B000001M26/
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Disney-Vol-Years-Musical/dp/B000001M28/
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Disney-Vol-Years-Musical/dp/B000001M3H/
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Disney-Vol-Years-Musical/dp/B000001M3J/
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Disney-5-Various-Artists/dp/B00000AGD6/
http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Greatest-1-Various-Artists/dp/B000059T07/
http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Greatest-Vol-Various-Artists/dp/B000059T0A/
http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Greatest-3-Various-Artists/dp/B00006EXKT/
Major  Characters
Mickey Mouse
"Mickey's Gourmet Cookbook: Most Popular Recipes From Walt Disney World & Disneyland" []
http://www.amazon.com/Mickeys-Gourmet-Cookbook-Popular-Disneyland/dp/0786880163/
http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Mickey-Chefs-Disney-World/dp/0786864729/
"Cooking With Mickey and The Disney Chefs" [] by Pam Brandon
http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Mickey-Disney-Chefs-custom/dp/078685331X/
http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Mickey-Gourmet-Cookbook-Volume/dp/B000ANSWI4/
"Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Cookbook: Favorite Recipes from Mickey and His Friends" []
http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disneys-Mickey-Mouse-Cookbook/dp/0307168123/
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"Vintage Mickey" on DVD [2005] Compilation of nine vintage silent & sound short films: "Steamboat Willie" [Nov 1928], "Plane Crazy" [silent May 1928, sound March 1929], "The Karnival Kid" [May 1929], "The Birthday Party" [Jan 1931], "The Castaway" [April 1931], "Mickey's Orphans" [Dec 1931], "Mickey's Revue" [May 1932], "Building A Building" [Jan 1933], and "Mickey's Streamroller" [June 1934] 65-minute Buena Vista Home Ent. DVD [7/2005] for $99.95 {sic} |
Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck
Huey, Dewey & Louie
Daisy Duck
Scrooge McDuck
Professor Ludwig von Drake
Beauty and the Beast
Winnie the Pooh
"Winnie The Pooh" Books & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Tigger
Eeyore
Aladdin
Snow White
Maleficent
The Toys from 'Toy Story'
"The Toy Story Trilogy" [2011] http://www.amazon.com/Toy-Story-Trilogy-Blu-ray-3D/dp/B005HS4CUY/
The Lion King
Pinocchio
Dumbo
Bambi
Alice In Wonderland
"Alice In Wonderland" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Peter Pan
"Peter Pan" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Sleeping Beauty
Mary Poppins
Mowgli (of Jungle Book)
Kipling's "The Jungle Books" Stories & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Tarzan and Jane
Ariel the Little Mermaid
Pirates of The Caribbean
Magic Lantern's 'Pirates of The Caribbean' Movies Series Page
Cars and Airplanes
Cinderella
       
Major Divisions
American Broadcasting Corp. & E.S.P.N.
Buena Vista Distribution
Disney Channel / Radio Disney
Disney Feature Animation
Marvel Entertainment
Miramax Film Corp.
Parks & Resorts
Pixar Animation Studios
Touchstone Pictures
Other: Publishing, Records, Unclear
American  Broadcasting  Corporation
The American Broadcasting Company was formed in 1943 from NBC's Blue radio network; first TV broadcast in 1948;
purchased by Capitol Cities Communications in 1985 for $3.5 billion; sold to Disney in February 1996 for $19 billion.
     
  | "Beating The Odds: The Untold Story Behind The Rise of A.B.C. - The Stars, Struggles & Egos That Transformed Network Television" [1991] by Leonard H. Goldenson, with Marvin J. Wolf Scribner hardcover [2/91] out of print/many used |
Entertainment  Sports  Programming  Network
E.S.P.N. is worth about 40% of Disney's entire value (per Barron's in 2008). Launched in September 1979
with backing from Getty Oil; A.B.C. bought E.S.P.N. in 1984, then sold 20% to Nabisco, which later sold its share
to Hearst Corp. Headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut.
ESPN.com official site
E.S.P.N. Video Archive official site
E.S.P.N. entry at Wikipedia
Buena  Vista  Distribution
Founded in 1953 to distribute Disney's films worldwide; as-of 2007,
the Buena Vista brand & logo are scheduled to be retired.
Buena Vista official placeholder site
Buena Vista entry at Wikipedia
Disney Channel    Radio Disney
Disney Channels Worldwide includes the Disney Channel, Disney XD, Playhouse Disney,
Disney Cinemagic, Hungama, GXT, Jetix, and Radio Disney brands
  | "The Wonderful World of Disney Television: A Complete History" [1997] by Bill Cotter Disney Editions 10¼x7¼ hardcover [9/97] out of print/many used World Pubns hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used |
Disney  Feature  Animation
Begun in 1929 by Walt and the Nine Old Men, the Disney company shut down traditional
hand-drawn animation on 25 March 2002, laying off over 200 artists & animators.
'Walt Disney & The Nine Old Men' on Magic Lantern's Animation Pages
info on animation careers at Disney
Walt Disney Treasures DVD series
Walt Disney Feature Animation fansite
  | "Dream On Silly Dreamer" [indep Jan 2005] "Not all fairy tales have a happy ending." 40-minute documentary written & directed by Dan Lund, plus many extras {total 180 minutes} Westlund Prodns color DVD [2/2006] for $21.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
21st  Century  Fox
The Walt Disney Company formally closed its $71.3 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox assets in March 2019; Disney now owns the 20th Century-Fox movie
& television studio, animation studio Blue Sky, Fox Searchlight Pictures, the FX & National Geographic channels, and Fox's interest in Hulu.
official company website now redirects to Disney / Fox landing page
entry at Wikipedia
Lucasfilm,  Ltd.  [est. 1971]
In late 2012, Walt Disney Company agreed to purchase Lucasfilm from George Lucas for $4.05 billion, (During the same announcement,
Disney said that they plan to film 'at least three more' movies in the "Star Wars Saga", expecting to release the first in 2015.)
official company website
entry at Wikipedia
Marvel  Entertainment
Founded in 1933 as Newsstand Publications, Inc.; renamed Timely Publications in 1939, then Atlas Comics and Marvel Comics; purchased by New World Pictures (later New World Entertainment) in 1986; investor Ronald Perelman purchased Marvel in 1989 for $82.5 million; Marvel lost value and filed bankruptcy in 1995, with owner Perelman & bondholder Carl Icahn losing control to the owners of ToyBiz; sold to the Disney Company in December 2009 for $4.24 billion. The 'Marvel Universe' includes well-known properties Blade, Captain America, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Elektra, The Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, The Punisher, Spider-Man, Thor, Wolverine, and The X-Men. |
Marvel Entertainment: official website
entry at Wikipedia
Marvel Studios entry at Wikipedia {with filmography}
Magic Lantern's Marvel Entertainment Page
Miramax  Film  Corp.
Founded in 1979 by brothers Harvey & Bob Weinstein in Buffalo, New York to distribute (and later, to produce or acquire) independent & foreign films for the U.S. market; the company was financially successful, and Disney paid $70 million for it in 1993; the Weinstein brothers left in September 2005, and soon formed a new independent company, The Weinstein Company. Then in 2010, Disney put Miramax up for sale; major bidders as-of April included the Weinstein Brothers (buying it back for up to $700 million!). The attempt to sell off Miramax Film Corp. and its 611-picture library dragged on, but finally was completed in December 2010, with Filmyard Holdings paying a total of $663 million. |
Miramax official website
Miramax entry at Wikipedia
Magic Lantern / Independent Studios Page / Miramax Films Section
Theme Parks  &  Resorts  &  Cruise Ships
official Disney Parks website
Disneyland California [est. July 1955]
The closures were caused by construction of the 14-acre Star Wars: Galaxys Edge project, which is scheduled to open in 2019; some of Frontierland
was taken for the new land, forcing a shortening of the Rivers of America and a new route for the railroad.
72-acre Disney California Adventure [opened 2/2001]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_California_Adventure
Disneyland Hotel [opened Oct 1955] in Anaheim, California
Built & owned by Jack Wrather until 1988 purchase by Disney Corp.; downsized in 1999 for Disneyland expansion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Hotel_(California)
Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World
Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom theme park [open 10/1971]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Kingdom
E.P.C.O.T. Center [opened 10/1982] 'Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epcot
Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park [opened 5/1989]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Hollywood_Studios
Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park [opened 4/1998]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Animal_Kingdom
Tokyo Disney [est. 1983]
Euro Disney [est. 1992]
Paris Disney Studios attraction [est. 2002]
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort [est. 2005]
Shanghai Disney Resort [opened 6/2016]
"We didn't build Disneyland in China, we built China's Disneyland"
  | "Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind The Dreams Look At Making The Magic Real" [1996] by Kevin Rafferty, with Bruce Gordon Disney Editions 13x10 pb [9/98] for $19.77 Disney Editions 10½x13¼ hardcover [11/96] out of print/used |
  | "Designing Disney: Imagineering and The Art of The Show" [2003] by John Hench [1908-2004], with Peggy Van Pelt, Preface by Frank Gehry, Foreword by Martin A. Sklar Disney Editions 10¾x9 pb [1/2009] for $16.49 Disney Editions 11x9 hardcover [9/2003] out of print/used |
  | "Welcome Aboard The Disneyland Railroad!: The Complete Disneyland Railroad Reference Guide" [2004] by Steve DeGaetano, Illustrations by Preston Nirattasai
Steam Passages Publns 11x8½ hardcover [12/2004] out of print/used |
  | "The Disneyland Encyclopedia: The Unofficial, Unauthorized, and Unprecedented History of Every Land, Attraction, Restaurant, Shop, and Event In The Original Magic Kingdom" [2008] by Chris Strodder
Santa Monica Press 9x6 pb [5/2008] for $13.57 |
  | "Walt Disney's Imagineering Legends and The Genesis of The Disney Theme Park" [2008] by Jeff Kurtti
Disney Editions 11x9½ pb [8/2008] for $23.10 |
  | "The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World: Over 600 Secrets of The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom" [2009] by Susan Veness Adams Media 8½x5½ pb [6/2009] for $10.15 |
  | "Disney Parks: The Secrets, Stories, and Magic Behind the Scenes" [2010] contains 51-minute "Disneyland Resorts: Behind The Scenes", 44-minute "Undiscovered Disney Parks", and 44-minute "Ultimate Walt Disney World", plus extras; same content on the Blu-Ray disc and the DVD disk (which also has .mp4 files of the three videos) Questar color Blu-ray+DVD [6/2010] 2 disk combo for $19.99 |
http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Tales-Behind-Ears-Disneyland/dp/0964060566/
http://www.amazon.com/Realityland-True-Life-Adventures-Disney-World/dp/0964060523/
"Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, & Magic" [2007 video] /tt1156301/
Pixar  Animation  Studios
Begun in 1979 as the computer graphics animation division of George Lucas's LucasFilm in Northern California; when Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs left Apple in 1986, he paid $5 million to Lucas and invested another $5 million in the company, renamed Pixar; emphasis was at first on selling software & hardware, to the government and Disney and others, but the market was soon saturated, so Pixar began producing C.G.I. commercials for television; Pixar signed a deal with Disney in 1991 to produce five C.G.I. feature films, the first of which was the hit "Toy Story" [1995]; Pixar re-incorporated in December 1995, and went public in November 1996; renewal of the contract with Disney was prolonged by Pixar's demands for autonomy, and by the bullying management style of Disney's Michael Eisner (ousted in 2004); in 2006, Disney paid $7.4 billion (in stock) for Pixar, making Jobs the largest shareholder of Disney and a member of Disney's board; several Pixar execs were given powerful positions within Disney. {Steve Jobs died in October 2011.} |
Pixar official website
Pixar entry at Wikipedia
MJM's 'Pixar Planet' fansite
The Pixar Blog
"The Pixar Story" [2007] /tt1059955/
  | "The Art of Pixar Short Films" [2008] by Amid Amidi Chronicle Books hardcover [10/2008] for $26.40 |
  | "The Pixar Touch: The Making of A Company" [2008] by David A. Price Knopf hardcover [5/2008] for $18.45 |
  | "Disney / Pixar Ultimate 8-Movie Collection" [2008]
Buena Vista Home Ent color DVD set [8/2008] 8 disks {price not known} includes "Toy Story" [1995] 10th Anniversary Edition; "A Bug's Life" [1998]; "Toy Story 2" [1999] Special Edition; "Monsters, Inc" [2001]; "Finding Nemo" [2003]; "The Incredibles" [2004]; "Cars" [2006]; and "Ratatouille" [2007] |
  | "To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios" [2007] by Karen Palk, 'based on interviews & research by Leslie Iwerks' Chronicle Books 12¼x9 hardcover [11/2007] for $42.29 |
  | "Pixar Short Films Collection" [2007]
Volume 1 includes "A Short History" documentary short, Oscar-winners "Tin Toy" [1988], "Geri's Game" [1997], "For The Birds" [2000], plus "The Adventures of Andrι and Wally B." [Lucasfilm 1984], "Luxo Jr." [1986], "Red's Dream" [1987], "Knick Knack" [1989], "Mike's New Car" [2002], "Boundin'" [2003], "Jack-Jack Attack" [2005], "One-Man Band" [2006], "Mater and The Ghostlight" [2006], and "Lifted" [2007] Disney color DVD [11/2007] for $19.99 Disney color Blu-ray [11/2007] for $23.95 |
Touchstone  Pictures
Founded in 1984, basically a brand (for relatively-mature product) rather than a studio.
Touchstone Pictures official website
Touchstone Pictures entry at Wikipedia
Other Divisions:  Publishing,  Music Recordings,  or  Unclear
http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Tracks-Story-Disney-Records/dp/1578068495/
U.T.V. Motion Pictures Group [est. 1996] based in India, London & USA {owned by Disney}
official website
Wikipedia
  | The Disney Stores [est. 1987] official website is shopDisney
Disney announced in March 2021 that they will shutter at least 20 percent of its Disney Stores brick-and-morter locations (at least 60 stores) in the United States and Canada by the end of 2021, as the company focuses more on its online shopping business; the company is also considering making changes to operations in Europe. Disney Parks stores, Disney Stores inside Target, and outlets will not be affected. The background cause is the COVID-19 pandemic, and since customers are increasingly shopping online, Disney will modify content in the remaining DisneyStores and add more adult-sized & -themed items on the shopDisney online shopping website. |
Independent  Agreements
Announced 8/2012: Disney renewed its first-look deal with Mandeville Films, the shingle run by
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, which has been in place for 18 years already.
Executives  &  Others
Magic Lantern's
Walt Disney [1901-66] Page
Walt was company president, 1923-66 and co-chair (with Roy), 1945-60
Walt's brother Roy O. Disney [1893-71]
served as CEO (from 1929), co-chair (from 1945-60), and chairman (from 1960 until his death)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_O._Disney
Walt's nephew Roy E. Disney, stockholder [1930-2009]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_E._Disney
owner & chairman of Shamrock Holdings [est. 1978]
Walt's son-in-law Ron W. Miller [b.1933]
president/CEO (1980-ousted 1984)
animator Ub Iwerks  [1901-71]
active at Disney (1922-30), independent (1930-40), Disney & Disney Imagineering (1940-71)
credits at IMDb
Wikipedia
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"The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" [1999] Documentary directed by grandaughter Leslie Iwerks available on DVD as part of "WD Treasures: Oswald The Rabbit" set Disney Home Video VHS [9/2001] out of prod/used full credits from IMDb "The Hand Behind the Mouse: An Intimate Biography of Ub Iwerks" [2001] companion book by Leslie Iwerks & John D. Kenworthy Hyperion 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2001] for $17.47 |
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"The Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection" [1999] 58 cartoons on the two disks Volume 1: Image Ent DVD [7/99] for $9.99 Volume 2: Image Ent DVD [7/99] for $9.99 |
Richard W. 'Dick' Cook: Disney Studios chairman 2000-2009
Michael Eisner: WDCo. chairman 1984, ousted 2004
Alan F. Horn, Disney Studios chairman since June 2012, ex-pres Warner Bros. 2007-2011
Robert Iger: president/COO/CEO, 2000-2012, prom WDCo. chairman/CEO 2012 to 7/2019, consultant three years after that
Steve Jobs [1955-2011]: board 2006-2011
Jeffrey Katzenberg: CEO, 1984-1994
co-founded DreamWorks SKG in 1994
John Lasseter: Chief Creative Officer, 2006 to present
George J. Mitchell: WDCo. chairman, 2004-2006
John E. Pepper, Jr.: WDCo. chairman, 2007-2012
agent Michael Ovitz: WDCo. president, 1995-97
Rich Ross: hired 1996, promoted to Disney Studios chairman 10/2009, ousted 4/2012
Frank Wells [1932-94]: president/COO, 1984-1994
Disney Legends Program
The Disney Company Legends Program is a largely-hidden internal awards program that rewards actors and employees and executives for being major contributions to the company.
Each recipient receives a statuette, a plaque at the Disney Studio or a Disney park, and a lifetime pass to all the Disney parks.
The awards were presented annually from 1987 to 2009 and are now presented biennially at the Disney D23 Expo fan conference.
'Disney Legends' entry at Wikipedia
Award recipients {thru 2022} include: Christina Aguilera (2019); actor Rex Allen (1996); voice actor Tim Allen (1999); voice actor Wayne Allwine (2008); actor Julie Andrews (1991); ABC-TV exec Roone Arledge (2007); actor Beatrice Arthur (2009); Kristen Bell (2022); Chadwick Boseman (2022 Blue Ribbon); dancer Marge Champion (2007); actor Maurice Chevalier (2002); TV host Dick Clark (2013); Les Clark, 9 Old Men (1989); composer Phil Collins, (2002); voice actor Pinto Colvig (1993); actor Tim Considine (2006); actor Tim Conway (2004); actor Kevin Corcoran (2006); actor Billy Crystal (2013); Marc Davis, 9 Old Men (1989); Patrick Dempsey (2022); actor Johnny Depp (2015); Edna Francis Disney {wife of Roy O. Disney) (2003); Lillian Disney {wife of Walt} (2003); exec Roy E. Disney (1998); TV actor Jimmie Dodd (1992); actor Karen Dotrice (2004); actor Robert Downey, Jr. (2019); SFX painter Eyvind Earle (2015); actor Buddy Ebsen (1993); composer Danny Elfman (2015); SFX painter Peter Ellenshaw (1993); director Jon Favreau (2019); actor/author Carrie Fisher (2017 Blue Ribbon); director Richard Fleischer (2003); Robert Price 'Bob' Foster (2022 Blue Ribbon); voice actor Paul Frees (2006); actor Annette Funicello (1992); Josh Gad (2022); animator Clyde Geronimi (2017 Blue Ribbon); actor Estelle Getty (2009); ABC-TV announcer Frank Gifford (2008); actor Whoopi Goldberg (2017); ABC-TV exec Leonard H. Goldenson (2004); animator Manuel Gonzales (2017 Blue Ribbon); actor John Goodman (2013); Jonathan Groff (2022); actor Buddy Hackett (2003); animator Don Hahn (2022); actor Mark Hamill (2017); puppeteer Jim Henson (2011); writer & narrator Winston Hibler (1992); voice actor Sterling Holloway (1991); animation technician Don Iwerks (2009); Ub Iwerks (1989); TV news anchor Peter Jennings (2006); composer Elton John (2006); actor Glynis Johns (1998); Ollie Johnston, 9 Old Men (1989); innovator Steve Jobs (2013); actor Dean Jones (1995); actor James Earl Jones (2019); Milt Kahl, 9 Old Men (1989); Ward Kimball, 9 Old Men (1989); cartoonist Jack Kirby (2017 Blue Ribbon); actor Tommy Kirk (2006); actor Angela Lansbury (1995); Eric Larson, 9 Old Men (1989); cartoonist Stan Lee (2017); radio & TV host Art Linkletter (2005); John Lounsbery, 9 Old Men (1989); George Lucas (2015); actor Susan Lucci (2015); actor Fred MacMurray (1987); writer-director Garry Marshall (2017 Blue Ribbon); actor Steve Martin (2005); actor Rue McClanahan (2009); Idina Menzel (2022); Bette Midler (2019); actor Hayley Mills (1998); actor Sir John Mills (2002); composer Chris Montan (2022); voice actor Clarence Nash (1993); composer Randy Newman (2007); actor Robert Newton (2002); director Kenny Ortega (2019); actor Fess Parker (1991); writer & animator Bill Peet (1996); actor Regis Philbin (2011); voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft (1995); Wolfgang Reitherman, 9 Old Men (1989); composer Sir Tim Rice (2002); actor Kurt Russell (1998); TV host Diane Sawyer (2019); composer Richard Sherman (1990); composer Robert Sherman (1990); archivist Dave Smith (2007); stage director Julie Taymor (2017); Frank Thomas, 9 Old Men (1989); actor Richard Todd (2002); actor Dick Van Dyke (1998); exec Card Walker (1993); ABC-TV news anchor Barbara Walters (2008); exec Frank Wells (1994); actor Betty White (2009); actor Guy Williams (2011); actor Robin Williams (2009); actor/TV host Oprah Winfrey (2017); actor Bonita Granville Wrather (2011); producer Jack Wrather (2011); actor Ed Wynn (2013); and composer Hans Zimmer (2019)
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