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Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now now known as The Walt Disney Company and has annual revenues of approximately USD $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won twenty-two Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[citation needed] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
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As director
100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration
Celebrating Mickey
Vintage Mickey
Eyes of the Navy
Walt Disney's Standard Parade for 1939
The Golden Touch
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
Parade of the Award Nominees
The Cactus Kid
Night
Minnie's Yoo Hoo
Fiddling Around
The Barnyard Concert
Plane Crazy
The Merry Dwarfs
El Terrible Toreador
The Haunted House
The Skeleton Dance
When the Cat's Away
The Jazz Fool
Jungle Rhythm
The Barn Dance
Mickey's Choo-Choo
The Plowboy
The Opry House
The Karnival Kid
The Fox Chase
Rival Romeos
Bright Lights
Oh, What a Knight
As actor
Disneyland Handcrafted
Eternal Ghosts
Disney Abu Dhabi
The Unlucky Rabbit
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
Death Of The Rat
The Last Verse
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Cartoon Carnival
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Julie Andrews Forever
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
One Day at Disney
Secrets of British Animation
Howard
Celebrating Mickey
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Get a Horse!
Donald Duck's Christmas Favourites
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Archiving The Archives: Forty Years Of Preserving The Magic
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Christmas with Walt Disney
Magic Kingdom: Imagineering the Magic
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Mary Poppins: From Page to Stage
Walt & El Grupo