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 日卒于洛杉机。早年就读于堪萨斯城美术学院，20 年代初开始制作动画短片，1928 年起拍摄有声动画短片(《威利号汽船》等)。最受欢迎的动画片是米老鼠和唐老鸭。因米老鼠片获1932 年奥斯卡特别奖。1938 年制成有史以来第一部大型动画故事片《白雪公主和七个小矮人》，获8 项奥斯卡奖。其他名作有《木偶奇遇记》(1940)、《幻想曲》(1940)、《飞象邓博》(1941)、《小鹿班比》(1942)、《灰姑娘》(1950)、《爱丽斯漫游仙境》(1951)、《睡美人》(1959)。

多数作品剧情动人，造型别致，笔调幽默，寓意深刻。人格化的小动物动作夸张，性格活泼，形象明朗可爱。第二次世界大战期间为政府拍宣传片，后因动画故事片成本高，使生产纪录大自然罕见现象的猎奇片、冒险片、真人故事片及彩色电视系列片。他成功的原因是对儿童心理了解深刻，想象力丰富，善于物色人才，组织能力强，重视新技术。迪斯尼公司创造了动画片角色的动作和音乐同时创作的工艺，使音响和画面同步，1932 年首先采用三色法工艺。他兴办的大型游乐场迪斯尼乐园(加利福尼亚)和迪斯尼世界(佛罗里达)以技术设施再现出他的动画片中的境界，并用他的动画片中的人物进行表演。

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