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Walt Disney: A Kid's Biography

Walt Disney, born in 1901, rose from a poor childhood to become a pioneering figure in animation, creating iconic characters like Mickey Mouse and founding The Walt Disney Company. He achieved significant milestones, including the opening of Disneyland in 1955 and winning 26 Academy Awards, making him the most nominated individual in Oscar history. Disney passed away in 1966 from lung cancer, leaving behind a vast entertainment empire that includes assets like ABC, ESPN, and Pixar.

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Walt Disney: A Kid's Biography

Walt Disney, born in 1901, rose from a poor childhood to become a pioneering figure in animation, creating iconic characters like Mickey Mouse and founding The Walt Disney Company. He achieved significant milestones, including the opening of Disneyland in 1955 and winning 26 Academy Awards, making him the most nominated individual in Oscar history. Disney passed away in 1966 from lung cancer, leaving behind a vast entertainment empire that includes assets like ABC, ESPN, and Pixar.

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Walt Disney

By Troy de Bouter
Introduction
• Walt Disney’s childhood

• Early career

• Alice comedies

• Mickey Mouse

• The Walt Disney company

• The First Disney Land

• Achievements and awards

• Disney’s assets

• Walt Disney’s death


Walt Disney’s Childhood
• Born in 1901, grew up poor

• Love for drawing and painting

• Drawing and photography classes and


extra classes at night

• School cartoonist

• Love for trains

• Attempted to join the military


Early career

• Sold paintings at the age of 7

• Railroad summer job

• Became an advertising cartoonist

• 1920, started making animated cartoons

• 1923, left for Hollywood


Alice comedies
1920’s
Mickey Mouse
• Inspired by his pet mouse

• Voiced by Walt

• Mortimer Mouse

• Steamboat Willie, 1928

• First cartoon character to have a star on the


Hollywood walk of fame

• To this day is still the mascot of Disney


The Walt Disney company

• 1925, Disney brothers Cartoon Studio

• 1932, rst coloured cartoon, Silly


Symphony

• 1937, Walt Disney’s most risky movies:


Snow White and the seven dwarfs

• 1940, World War II


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The rst Disney Land
• Opened in 1955

• Grif th Park

• Planned to make dreams come true

• 6 Disneylands in 2021

• 20.4 million yearly visitors (Florida location)

• Walt’s private apartment


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Achievements and awards

• 26 academy awards

• Most nominated person ever for the Oscar’s (59)

• His own star on the Hollywood walk of fame + 7 of


his disney characters

• 1 Emmy award
Disney’s assets
• ABC

• ESPN

• Touchstone Pictures

• Marvel

• Lucas lm

• A&E

• The History Channel

• Lifetime

• Pixar

• Hollywood Records

• Vice Media

• Core Publishing

Disney total revenue of 2020: 65.39 billion


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Walt Disney’s death

• Died in 1966 (age 65)

• Lung cancer (he was a very heavy smoker)

• Was his body frozen after his death?


The end

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