迪士尼

Disney, Walt(er Elias)

美国电影制片人、早期着名的动画片作家。1920年代和伊渥克一起创造了动画广告和卡通影片(参阅animation)。移居好莱坞後,他与兄长罗伊及厄伯.伊沃克合组公司,创造了「米老鼠」。伊渥克画出欢快、活跃和淘气的米老鼠,迪士尼为它配上声音和音乐,拍摄了第一部有声动画片《威利号轮船》(1928),引起轰动。1929年兄弟二人合组迪士尼制作公司(後改名迪士尼公司)。「米老鼠」风靡全国使他又构思出其他动物角色,如唐老鸭、布鲁托、高飞狗等,同时又制作了几部较短的卡通影片,包括了《三只小猪》(1933)。该公司制作的《白雪公主》(1937)、《木偶奇遇记》(1940)、《小飞象》(1941)、《仙履奇缘》(1950)和《彼得潘》(1953)等经典动画片。还制作的影片包括了《欢乐满人间》(1964)和电视节目。迪士尼提出迪士尼乐园的计画,并开始构筑迪士尼世界(参阅Disney World and Disneyland)。

1901~1966年

Disney, Walt(er Elias)

U.S. film producer and cartoonist. Born in Chicago, he grew up in Missouri. In the 1920s he joined with Ub Iwerks (1901-1971) to create animated commercials and cartoons (see animation). When a distributor cheated them, Walt moved to Hollywood, enlisted his brother Roy as his business manager, and persuaded Iwerks to join them. Together they created Mickey Mouse. The cheerful rodent—customarily drawn by Iwerks, with Disney providing the voice—starred in the first animated film with sound, Steamboat Willie (1928). The brothers formed Walt Disney Productions (later the Disney Co.) in 1929. Mickey Mouse's instant popularity led them to invent such other characters as Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy and to make several short cartoon films, including The Three Little Pigs (1933). The company grew to include a staff of cartoonists, headed by Iwerks. Their first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), was followed by such classics as Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), Cinderella (1950), and Peter Pan (1953). Disney also produced other films, including Mary Poppins (1964), and television shows. He created the plans for Disneyland and initiated the construction of Disney World (see Disney World and Disneyland).