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m. Kenneth B. "Ken" Anderson (March 17, 1909 – December 13, 1993) was an American animator, art director, layout artist, and storyboard artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 44 years. He had been named by Walt Disney as his "jack of all trades".
11266. Ken Anderson. Legends Award Category: Animation, Imagineering. Year Inducted: 1991. Walt Disney often referred to Ken Anderson as his “Jack of All Trades.” Over the years, Ken used his skills as architect, artist, animator, storyteller, and designer to masterful ends in several different areas of the Disney entertainment spectrum.
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Kenneth B. "Ken" Anderson was an American art director, screenwriter, and animator at Walt Disney Productions for 44 years. He studied architecture at the University of Washington, graduating with a B.Arch. in 1934. He was particularly influenced by faculty member Lionel Pries. With the delineation skills he learned in architecture school, he soon secured a position at Disney. He was a key player in some of the most well-known animated films, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and The Jungle Book. He also worked on the development of Disneyland. He was a 1991 winner of the Disney Legends award for Animation & Imagineering.
Anderson died of a stroke at the age of 84.
Screenwriter (feature films)
•Melody Time (1948) •So Dear to My Heart (1948) •Cinderella (1950) •The Jungle Book (1967) •The Aristocats (1970) •The Rescuers (1977)
Art director (feature films)
•Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) •Pinocchio (1940) •Symphony No. 6 section of Fantasia (1940) •The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Production designer (feature films)
•Sleeping Beauty (1959) •One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) •The Aristocats (1970)
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Born on this day March 17, 1909, Ken Anderson’s journey began at Walt Disney studios in 1934, where he initially worked as an animator and art director. His talent for creating immersive settings and compelling characters quickly catapulted him to a position of influence within the company.
Jan 24, 2020 · Animator and historian Will Finn discovered about a decade ago that Anderson’s character designs on this film may have been influenced by a modern American version of the Reynard the fox story written by Harry J. Owen and illustrated by Keith Ward in 1945 for Knopf simply titled Reynard the Fox.
Dec 13, 1993 · Kenneth B. "Ken" Anderson (March 17, 1909 – December 13, 1993) was an American animator, art director, layout artist, and storyboard artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 44 years. He had been named by Walt Disney as his "jack of all trades".
Fantasy. Horror. Sci-fi. Kenneth B. "Ken" Anderson was an American art director, screenwriter, and animator at Walt Disney Productions for 44 years. He studied architecture at the University of Washington, graduating with a B.Arch. in 1934. He was particularly influenced by faculty member Lionel Pries. With the...