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Walt Disney (film)
''Walt Disney'' is a documentary film created by PBS for the ''American Experience'' program. The two-part, four-hour documentary premiered on September 14, 2015 with part two on the following day and centers on the life, times and legacy of Walt Disney. According to Sarah Colt, director of the documentary film, the biggest challenge was "capturing the truth of the man who had such noutsized influence and notoriety ... People think they know him but in reality they don't know him ... He was a human being with many layers of complexity." Rob Lowman, of the ''Los Angeles Daily News'', described " Disneyesque" as being "synonymous with a specific artistic style and, eventually, a fantasy world." Richard Sherman, a Disney songwriter, recalled that "Disney was never driven by a desire for wealth or fame. He wanted to be seen as a master storyteller ... He got great joy out of making people happy with his movies." Participants The documentary film is narrated by Oliver Platt and incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many films such as ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''Beethoven'' (1992), ''Indecent Proposal'', ''The Three Musketeers'' (both 1993), ''Executive Decision'', '' A Time to Kill'' (both 1996), ''Dangerous Beauty'', ''Bulworth'', ''The Impostors'', ''Dr. Dolittle'' (all 1998), ''Ready to Rumble'', '' Gun Shy'' (both 2000), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''Zig Zag'' (2002), '' Pieces of April'' (2003), ''The Ice Harvest'' (2005), '' Martian Child'' (2007), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), '' Year One'', ''2012'' (both 2009), ''Please Give'', ''Love & Other Drugs'' (both 2010), '' X-Men: First Class'', ''The Oranges'' (both 2011), '' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return'' (2013), ''Frank and Cindy'' and '' One More Time'' (both 2015). He has also appeared in numerous television series, including ''The West Wing'', '' The Big C'', and '' Fargo''. Platt has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Gabler
Neal Gabler (born 1950) is an American journalist, writer and film critic. Gabler graduated from Lane Tech High School in Chicago, Illinois, class of 1967, and was inducted into the National Honor Society. He graduated '' summa cum laude'' from the University of Michigan and holds advanced degrees in both film and American culture. Career Gabler has contributed to numerous publications including ''The New York Times'', ''The Los Angeles Times'', '' Esquire'', ''New York Magazine'', ''Vogue'', ''American Heritage'', ''The New Republic'', '' Us'', and ''Playboy''. He has appeared on many television programs, including ''The Today Show'', ''CBS Morning News'', ''The News Hour'', '' Entertainment Tonight'', '' Charlie Rose'', and '' Good Morning America''. He hosted ''Sneak Previews'' for PBS, and introduced films on the cable network AMC. He is the author of five books: '' An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood'' (1989), ''Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Genzlinger
Neil Genzlinger is an American playwright, editor, book reviewer, and theatre and television critic who frequently writes for ''The New York Times''. Family Genzlinger is a grandson of the late ''The Philadelphia Bulletin'' columnist Don Rose. He has two daughters: Abby, who has Rett syndrome, and Emily. Abby has appeared in Julia Roberts' documentary "Silent Angels." Emily is a law student and recipient of the prestigious Gideon's Promise fellowship for aspiring public defenders. Career Genzlinger began working for the ''Times'' as a television critic in 2011. Prior to that, he was an editor there. His reviews tend to shift more toward theater and television related to disabilities, such as plays called ''Syndrome'', ''Autism: The Musical'' and ''Push Girls''." Seinfeld disagreement In one review, Genzlinger criticized TV writers for what he perceived as their overuse of the word "really". He claimed that it's "delivered with a high-pitched sneer to indicate a contempt so com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthie Tompson
Ruth Irene Tompson (July 22, 1910 – October 10, 2021) was an American camera technician, animation checker and supercentenarian. She was known for her work on animated features at The Walt Disney Company and was declared a Disney Legend in 2000. Biography Ruth Irene Tompson was born on July 22, 1910, in Portland, Maine, and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She then moved with her family to Oakland, California, in November 1918 at age eight. She experienced the 1918 influenza pandemic near the end of World War I. In 1924, her parents divorced and her mother, Arlene, remarried artist John Roberts. The family relocated to Los Angeles and their house was in the same block as the house of Robert Disney, uncle of Walt Disney. This is where Roy and Walt Disney lived when they first came to Los Angeles. As she stated in an interview, Tompson first met the Disneys when she visited her neighbor Robert's new baby. She recalls sitting on an apple box until her parents said they were go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life, Animated
''Life, Animated'' is a 2016 American documentary by director Roger Ross Williams. It is co-produced by Williams with Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn and Christopher Clements. ''Life, Animated'' is based on journalist Ron Suskind's 2014 book ''Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism'', which tells the story of his son, Owen Suskind, who struggled with autism and learned how to communicate with the outside world through his love of Disney films. Upon its release, the film received rave reviews from critics and won numerous awards including the Sundance Film Festival award for Best Direction and the Special Achievement Annie Award. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film category at the 89th Academy Awards, but lost to '' O.J.: Made in America''. Synopsis Owen Suskind was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. As Owen withdrew into his silent state, his parents almost lost hope that he would find some way to meaningfully inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Suskind
Ronald Steven "Ron" Suskind (born November 20, 1959) is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He was the senior national affairs writer for ''The Wall Street Journal'' from 1993 to 2000, where he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for articles that became the starting point for his first book, '' A Hope in the Unseen''. His other books include ''The Price of Loyalty'', ''The One Percent Doctrine'', ''The Way of the World'', ''Confidence Men'', and his memoir ''Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism,'' from which he made an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated feature documentary. Suskind has written about the George W. Bush Administration, the Barack Obama Administration, and related issues of the United States' use of power. Life and career Suskind was born in Kingston, New York, to a Jewish family. He is the son of Shirley Berney and Walter B. Suskind, and a second cousin of producer David Susskind. He grew up in Wilmington, De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Schickel
Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American film historian, journalist, author, documentarian, and film and literary critic. He was a film critic for ''Time'' magazine from 1965–2010, and also wrote for ''Life'' magazine and the ''Los Angeles Times Book Review''. His last writings about film were for Truthdig. He was interviewed in '' For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism'' (2009). In this documentary film, he discusses early film critics Frank E. Woods, Robert E. Sherwood, and Otis Ferguson, and tells of how, in the 1960s, he, Pauline Kael, and Andrew Sarris, rejected moralizing opposition of the older Bosley Crowther of ''The New York Times'' who had railed against violent movies such as ''Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967). In addition to film, Schickel also critiqued and documented cartoons, particularly ''Peanuts''. Personal life Schickel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Helen (née Hendricks) and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Norman
Floyd E. Norman (born June 22, 1935) is an American animator, writer, and comic book artist. Over the course of his career, Norman has worked for various animation companies, among them Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Ruby-Spears, Film Roman and Pixar. Life and career Norman's love for animated pictures started when he watched the Disney feature films ''Dumbo'' and ''Bambi''. Norman attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he majored in illustration. He had his start as an assistant to ''Katy Keene'' comic book artist Bill Woggon, who lived in the Santa Barbara, California, area Norman grew up in. In 1957, Norman was employed as an inbetweener on ''Sleeping Beauty'' (released in 1959) at The Walt Disney Company, becoming the first African-American artist to remain at the studio on a long-term basis.Shostak, Stu (03-28-2012).Interview with Floyd Norman. ''Stu's Show.'' Retrieved June 22, 2014. Following his work on ''Slee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron W
Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe Alasky *Ron Weasley, a character in ''Harry Potter.'' Language * Ron language, spoken in Plat State, Nigeria * Romanian language (ISO 639-3 code ron) People Mononym *Ron (singer), Rosalino Cellamare (born 1953), Italian singer Given name *Ron (given name) Surname *Dana Ron (born 1964), Israeli computer scientist and professor *Elaine Ron (1943-2010), American epidemiologist *Emri Ron (born 1936), Israeli politician *Ivo Ron (born 1967), Ecuadorian football player *Jason De Ron (born 1973), Australian musician *José Ron (born 1981), Mexican actor *Liat Ron, actress, dancer and dance instructor * *Lior Ron (born 1982), Israeli-American film and trailer composer and musician *Michael Ron (born 1932), Israeli fencer * Michael Røn (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Lusk
Donald R. "Don" Lusk (October 28, 1913 – December 30, 2018) was an American animator and director. Early life Lusk was born on October 28, 1913, in Burbank, a suburb of Los Angeles, California. He served in the United States Marines during World War II. Career Lusk was hired by The Walt Disney Company in 1933 as an Inbetweener. He was 20 at the time. His first film as an animator was 1938's ''Ferdinand the Bull'' adapted from 1936's ''The Story of Ferdinand'' by author Munro Leaf. He worked on ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Pinocchio'', '' Fantasia'', ''Bambi'', '' Song of the South'', ''Melody Time'', ''So Dear to My Heart'', '' The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'', ''Cinderella'', '' Alice in Wonderland'', ''Peter Pan'', ''Lady and the Tramp'', ''Sleeping Beauty'' and ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''. Lusk left Disney in 1960, but continued to work as an animator during the 1960s and 1970s. Aside from animation, Lusk also directed multiple cartoon films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with College admissions in the United States, highly selective admission. Set within the The Lawn, Academical Village, a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, the university is referred to as a "Public Ivy" for offering an academic experience similar to that of an Ivy League university. It is known in part for certain rare characteristics among public universities such as #1800s, its historic foundations, #Honor system, student-run academic honor code, honor code, and Secret societies at the University of Virginia, secret societies. The original governing Board of Visitors included three List of presidents of the United States, U.S. presidents: Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. The latter as si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Historian
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, art history examines broader aspects of visual culture, including the various visual and conceptual outcomes related to an ever-evolving definition of art. Art history encompasses the study of objects created by different cultures around the world and throughout history that convey meaning, importance or serve usefulness primarily through visual representations. As a discipline, art history is distinguished from art criticism, which is concerned with establishing a relative artistic value upon individual works with respect to others of comparable style or sanctioning an entire style or movement; and art theory or "philosophy of art", which is concerned with the fundamental nature of art. One branch of this area of study is aesthetics, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
