Walt Disney
Walt Disney (1901–1966) was an American animator, film producer, and entertainment entrepreneur who created Mickey Mouse and founded the company bearing his name.
Disney pioneered animated feature films with *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* and built Disneyland, the first major theme park.
His name has become synonymous with family entertainment and corporate media empire: The whole vacation had a Walt Disney feel to it.
Cartoon rodent mascot
- FantasiaImaginative musical composition
- Snow WhiteGrimm's fairest maiden
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
- storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings
animator · cartoon · character · Bambi · Pinocchio · Dumbo · feature film · shorts
Disney's flagship Florida park
- ImagineeringTheme park design discipline
- AnaheimCalifornia city with famous theme park
- OrlandoCentral Florida city
- attractionsThings that draw interest
rides · Main Street · Tomorrowland · Fantasyland · Frontierland · animatronics · monorail · castle
Theme park design discipline
- visionAbility to see
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- innovationCreating something original
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
storytelling · magic · wonder · aspiration · inspiration · fantasy · enchantment · whimsy
Creative professional's workspace
- founderOne who begins something
- producerOne who makes things
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- businessmanCommercial enterprise operator
Hollywood · empire · corporation · executive · franchise · merchandising · branding · Buena Vista
Mickey Mouse
Cartoon rodent mascot
- FantasiaImaginative musical composition
- Snow WhiteGrimm's fairest maiden
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
storyboard · animator · cartoon · character · Bambi · Pinocchio · Dumbo · feature film · shorts · Technicolor
Magic Kingdom
Disney's flagship Florida park
- ImagineeringTheme park design discipline
- AnaheimCalifornia city with famous theme park
- OrlandoCentral Florida city
attractions · rides · Main Street · Tomorrowland · Fantasyland · Frontierland · animatronics · monorail · castle · fireworks
Imagineering
Theme park design discipline
- visionAbility to see
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- innovationCreating something original
dreamer · storytelling · magic · wonder · aspiration · inspiration · fantasy · enchantment · whimsy · escapism
studio
Creative professional's workspace
businessman · Hollywood · empire · corporation · executive · franchise · merchandising · branding · Buena Vista · ABC
icon
Pictorial screen symbol
- influencePower to affect others
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
American · brand · dynasty · empire · multinational · acquisitions · Pixar · Marvel · Lucasfilm · theme parks
- DisneyMickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Pluto
- animationanimation, animator, animators, cartoon, cartoons
- 20th Century IconsEinstein, Churchill, Gandhi, Hitler, FDR
- Business Titanstycoon, mogul, magnate, industrialist, billionaire
- Pioneerspioneer, pioneers, forerunner, trailblazer, innovator
- Animation HistoryMickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie, Looney Tunes, golden age, cel animation
Walt DisneyJohn Waters
Hugh Hefner · grindhouse · Andy Warhol · counterculture · David Lynch
Walt DisneyTim Burton
Director of whimsical macabre films
David Lynch · German Expressionism · film noir · social realism · nihilism