1. Wolfgang Reitherman
aka: Woolie/Wooly

2. Who Born in Munich, Germany June 26, 1909.
Moved to America in infancy.
Grew up in Sierra Madre, California.
Married Janie McMillan; had 3 sons.
Died as result of a car crash, aged 75, 1985.

3. What/When Started flying at 16. First intended to be
an aircraft engineer
and studied at
Pasadena Jr. College.
At 22 in 1932, studied water color at Chouinard Art Institute.
Met Walt Disney through a teacher.
Reluctant to join Disney because of the repetitive drawing, but soon fell in love with animation.

4. When/What
First worked on Funny Little Bunnies, the 1934 Silly Symphony, then some Mickey Mouse and Goofy shorts.
Was given the Magic Mirror in Snow White, and a scene where the dwarves build Snow a bed, which was cut.

5. When/What
For Pinocchio, he was given the whale chase scene with Monstro the whale.
In Fantasia, he took on the dinosaur scenes, with no reference.

6. Wartime After Fantasia, World War II started,
and Reitherman joined the Air Force.
Became an ace pilot, rose to the rank of major, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
He lost friends in the war, but met his wife, Janie, who was an air stewardess.

7. Post-War Returned to Disney Studios to complete 47-year career.
Dragon scene in Sleeping Beauty, Alligator in Peter Pan,
Timothy Q. Mouse
in Dumbo
Over 80 total
credits on IMDb

8. Best Known For One of the “Nine Old Men”
Coworkers called him the “action man”
Cast his sons as character voices (Mowgli, The Jungle Book; Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh…)
Reused animations

9. Reitherman Reused Recycled

10. How Preferred straight ahead method
Had great sense of timing and weight.
Studied animals at the zoo
“Always drive towards a goal”

11. Directing
When Walt Disney died in 1966, Reitherman took over directing The Jungle Book
Went on to direct The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound, and many others

12. Woolie on His Story and Art

13. Awards
Oscar Direction of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Award – The Sword in the Stone
Sant Jordi Award – The AristoCats
Jupiter Award – The Jungle Book
Winsor McCay Award
Golden Award

14. Quotes
He said an animator was ''first of all an actor, secondly a story man and thirdly an artist.''
“It was a romance from the start. The minute you know you can make a drawing move, the static drawing loses its appeal: movement is life.”

15. Examples

16. Sources
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