2. Walt Disney By: Sue Lee

3. Basic Information ☺ An American filmmaker and entrepreneur, Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) created a new kind of popular culture in feature-length animated cartoons and live-action "family" films. ☺ Walter Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 5, 1901, the fourth of five children born to a Canadian farmer father and a mother from Ohio. He was raised on a Midwestern farm in Marceline, Missouri, and in Kansas City, where he was able to acquire some rudimentary art instruction from correspondence courses and Saturday museum classes. He would later use many of the animals and characters that he knew from that Missouri farm in his cartoons. ☺ Initial failure sent Disney to Hollywood in 1923, where in partnership with his loyal elder brother Roy, he managed to resume cartoon production. His first success came with the creation of Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie. Steamboat Willie was the first fully synchronized sound cartoon and featured Disney as the voice of a character first called "Mortimer Mouse." Disney's wife, Lillian, suggested that Mickey sounded better and Disney agreed. ☺ The invention of cartoon characters as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie, and Goofy combined with the daring and innovative use of music, sound, and folk material (as in The Three Little Pigs) made the Disney shorts of the 1930s a phenomenon of worldwide success. This success led to the establishment of immensely profitable, Disney-controlled sidelines in advertising, publishing, and franchised goods, which helped shape popular taste for nearly 40 years.

4. Fun Facts Walt Disney didn’t graduate from high school. At age 16, during World War I, he lied about his age to join the American Red Cross. Walt Disney was the voice of Mickey Mouse for two decades. Walt Disney won more Oscars than anyone else (32). In the early 1923 Disney tackeld his most ambitious project to date. He made a version of Alice in Wonderland that combined animation with live-action footage. Walt Disney World Resort is about the size of San Francisco or two Manhattan islands. Walter Elias Disney won a special Academy Award in 1932 for creating the cartoon character named Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney was afraid of mice. Walt Disney worked as an informant for the FBI. Walt Disney’s studios created the first multiplane camera. Disney’s favorite song was “Feed the Birds,” from the film “Mary Poppins.” Walt Disney passed away on December 15, 1966. He had barely turned 65.

5. Disney’s Company  DIS is the symbol for Disney stocks.  The price of the stock is around $36.47.  About 42.8 million people visit Walt Disney World every year.  Walt Disney was unique because he’s the only one who made cartoon movies. He earned 26 Oscars from that.  He was also successful because his talent was drawing cartoons, and he used his talents to something big. (first ever cartoon movie.)

6. Inspirations After Walt Disney made his cartoon movie, many other people everywhere began to film cartoon movies too. About 5 years after he died, Disney World came out.

7. Credits Thank you Wikipedia and other websites!!!