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Ollie Johnston who joined Disney in 1935 first worked on Snow White. He went on to co-author the animator's bible The Illusion of Life with Frank Thomas. His work includes Mr. Smee (in Peter Pan ), the Stepsisters (in Cinderella ), the District Attorney (in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad ), and Prince John (in Robin Hood ).
Ollie Johnston is renowned for his role in pioneering film animation with the Walt Disney Studios. He created, drew, and developed story lines for some of the most endearing characters on screen. Born in 1912 in Palo Alto, California, Ollie Johnston attended Stanford University and the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, studying under ...
Aug 31, 2013 · Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Of Walt’s Nine Old Men, perhaps the two that you hear the most about — if you know of the nine old men at all — are Frank and Ollie. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston are both Disney Legends, and were born within a month of each other in 1912. Frank’s birthday was September 5, 1912, one day after and one ...
Oct 20, 1995 · Frank and Ollie. Rating: PG. Release Date: October 20, 1995. Genre: Documentary. Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of animation flowed from the pencils of two of the greatest animators The Walt Disney Company ever produced -- Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
His name is a play on two famous Disney animators, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston (Frank and Ollie). Incidentally, a documentary on the aforementioned animators, called Frank and Ollie, was released in the same year as this film. He bears similarities to earlier Mickey Mouse villains, including the Mad Doctor, and Professors Ecks, Doublex, and ...
The authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, worked not only with the legendary Walt Disney himself but also with other leading figures in the half-century of Disney films.
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, published in 1981, is an acclaimed book by two of Disney's Nine Old Men, Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas. It is widely considered to be one of the best books ever published on the topic of character animation. It tops the list of "best animation books of all time" in a poll at AWN. Totalling five hundred and seventy-six pages, a revised edition, with the ...
