Secrets Of A Creative Marriage: 10 Animation And Filmmaking Tips From Disney Directors Ron Clements And John Musker
Learn to take criticism. Don’t assume you’ll learn much at school. And always think of the nose…
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In Conversation: John Canemaker On The Disney Family Museum’s Massive ‘Pinocchio’ Exhibit
The biggest collection of material ever from the production of the seminal Disney film ‘Pinocchio’ is currently on display in San Francisco.
‘Mouse in Transition’: The CalArts Brigade Arrives (Chapter 9)
“Chief has to DIE,” Ron Clements said. “The picture doesn’t work if he just breaks his LEG. Copper doesn’t have enough motivation to hate the fox.”
‘Mouse in Transition’: The Marathon Meetings of Wolfgang Reitherman (Chapter 5)
My wrestling match with Ken Anderson now over, I returned once more to Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman and Larry Clemmons, working on the story end of “The Fox and the Hound.”
‘Mouse in Transition’: The Disney Animation Story Crew (Chapter 3)
Larry had me writing sequence scripts for “The Fox and the Hound,” which turned out to be my assignment for the next six months. Part of the package was attending Woolie Reitherman’s marathon story sessions, which often left me drained and dazed. There were also Woolie’s marathon take-selection meetings, which left me drained and bewildered.
Photos from “The Three Caballeros” Wrap Party, 68 Years Ago
This series of never-before-published photos was taken at the 1945 wrap party for Walt Disney’s Latin American-themed package feature The …
These Are My Seven ‘Desert Island’ Animation Reference Books
What are the essential reference books that anyone with an interest in animation history should have on their bookshelf? It’s a question …
Arriving This Week: Pete Docter’s Flipbook Tribute to the 9 Old Men
The pet project of UP director and flipbook aficionado Pete Docter: a packaged boxed-set of nine flipbooks.
Jeannette Thomas, Widow Of Legendary Disney Animator Frank Thomas, and Gamble House Historian/Author, Dies At Age 91
Jeanette Armentrout Thomas, the widow of legendary Disney animator Frank Thomas (one of Walt Disney’s renowned “Nine Old Men”), …
Frank Thomas Centennial
Frank Thomas, one of Disney’s famed “Nine Old Men” supervising character animators – as well as the piano playing member Ward …
Let’s Cast the Walt Disney Biopic
Who needs the Disney Company! We’ve already got the movie poster for a biopic about Walt Disney so we may as well go ahead and cast the …
