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Walt Disney
By: Sam, Alexis, Lilian
Background
• Walter Elias Disney (also known as Walt Disney) was bo
rn on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois.
• Walt Disney dropped out of McKinley High School at 16
in 1917, he wanted to be in the army but he was reject
ed because he was too young.
• He was sent to France to become an ambulance driver
after World War I ended.
• He began drawing political caricatures and comic strips
for a newspaper.
• His brother, Roy, worked at a bank and got Walt a job a
t Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he created ads for n
ewspapers, magazines, and movie theatres
• Walt met his future partner in business, Ubbe Iwerks
• When their studio time expired, Walt and Ubbe decide
d to start their own commercial company together
Idea
• Disney and Iwerks formed the Iwerks-Disney Commercial
Artists.
• Disney left temporarily to go work for Kansas City Film Ad
Company and Iwerks soon joined him, abandoning Iwerks-
Disney Commercial Artists
• After making commercials based on cutout animation, Dis
ney became interested in becoming an animator and even
tually opened his own animation business with cartoons k
nown as Laugh-O-Grams that he made with Fred Harman,
his first employee.
• Their cartoons were screened at a local theatre owned by
Frank Newman and became widely popular in the Kansas
City Area.
• Disney started his own studio, Laugh-O-Grams
• The company went into debt because there wasn’t enough
money to pay the employees.
• Disney’s studio became bankrupt which was when he deci
ded to create a studio in Hollywood, California which was t
he movie industry’s capital.
Initial Plans and Financing
• After they arrived in Hollywood, Walt and his brother Roy put th
eir money together to create a cartoon studio. Iwerks also move
d to California and together, they started the Disney Brothers’ St
udio
• They began distributing cartoons which were popular at the time
but when the series ended, it lost popularity and Walt’s compan
y ended up losing money.
• They invested money in Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which was crea
ted by Iwerks.
• The rights to Oswald were stolen and the Disney Brothers imme
diately created a new character known as Mickey Mouse.
• After Disney created two cartoon series, he planned to make a f
ull length animated film.
• The films became unpopular and Disney created Dumbo to bring
more income to the company.
• After World War II, Walt created many more animated films that
were very popular and made his company flourish.
• On July 17, 1955 the $17 million Disneyland in California had its
grand opening.
Company organization
• Walt Disney is an international
company
• They have businesses all over t
he world
• The Walt Disney Company has
180,000 employees as of 2014
• The company was founded in 1
923 and has been in business e
ver since
Personal
• Disney and a group of animators was sent to South America durin
g World War II by the U.S. State Department in 1941.
• They were asked to create an educational film on the Amazon Basi
n.
• Disney began creating insignia for the soldiers because he felt that
he owed it to them. They created humour and boosted the soldier
s’ morale. The 1200 unique insignia that he created with his own i
nsignia unit, were all free-of-charge.
• By creating Disneyland, Walt Disney gives back to the community
by giving joy
• Disney was a family oriented man.
• Walt Disney had a temper that would blow over but at his home,
he was affectionate and loving to his family and friends and would
always be there for them.
• Disney never gave up when his company was in trouble. He contin
ued to brainstorm ideas so that his company would be successful.
• He was optimistic and was open to criticism which helped make hi
s products even better.
• Disney was persistent and wanted to accomplish the impossible
What are they known for?
• Walt Disney is known for creating
Mickey and the supporting charact
ers which he animated into shorts
• He is also known for Disneyland an
d the producer of many movies
• Disney is also known for being the
founding member of the anti-com
munist group Motion Picture Allia
nce for the Preservation of Americ
an Ideals
Future prospects
• We think the Walt Disney Company will continue to thri
ve in the future because Disneyland is the happiest plac
e on Earth. The company continues to make shows and
movies which also has educational messages. As long as
there are children, we think the company will be alive b
ecause children love everything that Disney creates and
provides.
Fun Facts
• Walt Disney won 7 Emmy Awards, 22 Acad
emy Awards and was nominated 59 times.
• He died of lung cancer in 1966
• Disney is not cryonically frozen
• He was the original voice of Mickey Mouse
• One of Walt Disney’s hobbies was building
trains
• Mickey Mouse’s name was originally Morti
mer Mouse but Walt’s wife convinced him
to change the name because it sounded
“pompous”
Sources
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney#
Illness_and_death
• http://www.biography.com/people/walt-disne
y-9275533#commercial-
success
• http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biogr
aphy/long_bio02.
html
• http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/Secrets/
Mickey.html
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