Walt Disney

The Entrepreneur....
The Creator of Animation World

Who am I
An American business magnate, Cartoonist,

Filmmaker, Philanthropist and Voice Actor

An Animator, Entrepreneur, Noted Film

Maker & Popular Showman & Hollywood

Business Mogul.
A prominent figure in animation industry .
Innovator in animation .
Theme park designer.

Who am I
Creator of various fictional characters e.g.

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.

Cultural icon known for his influence

to

entertainment .
Winner of 3 Oscar Awards and 22 Academy

Awards.
Founder of The Walt Disney Company.

Entrepreneurship ..
A Leading Diversified International Family
Entertainment and Media Enterprise
With 5 Business Segments

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The journey begins..

Walter Ellias Disney

Date of birth : December 5,1901
Place of birth : Hermosa, Chicago,
Parents

U.S.
: Ellias Disney &
Flora Call Disney

Childhood Memoirs
Born to a lower middle class family .
Developed his love for drawing in childhood .
Walt was put to work of delivering newspaper.
He used to wake up at 4:30 AM .
Delivered newspapers until the school bell rang.
He received poor grades from dozing off in class.

Teenage struggles
Disney began his freshman years .
Took night courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine

Arts .
He became the cartoonist for the school newspaper
School dropout with aim to join army.
He was rejected.

Teenage struggles
Began his artistic career in 1919.
Nobody wanted to hire him as an artist .
Got a temporary job in bank .
He created advertisements for newspapers,
magazines, and movie theaters.
Started his commercial company.

19201937: Start of animation career

Company started with low points.
He closed his company temporarily.
Worked in Kansas city film to earn money.
He made commercials for film city.
He became interested in animation.
Decided to become an animator.

19201937: Start of animation career

Disney emphasized on cel animation .
Disney created cartoons called Laugh-O-Grams.
Cartoons became widely popular .
He acquired his own studio through his cartoons

success.
Insufficient to cover the high salaries paid to

employees.
Loaded with debt he wound up bankrupt .

Career in Hollywood
Set up a studio in the movie industry's capital

city, Hollywood, California.

Walt did the animation and direction himself .
The new series, Alice Comedies, proved

reasonably successful.
Series had lost popularity.

Mickey Mouse
Developed a new character based on a mouse
Disney provided Mickey's voice and personality
Ub designed Mickey's physical appearance .
The first animated silent short to feature Mickey

failed.
Created Mickey cartoon with sound.
Mickey's popularity grew rapidly .

Subsequent Successes..
Received Oscar statuettes for snow white.
Built Walt Disney studios in Burbank.
Studio was inaugurated on Dec 24,1939.
Snow white began an era.
Golden Age Of Animation began.

From yash agarwal