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Joyn Webb Smith was an American animator and writer, who worked at Disney Studios in the 1930s and is often credited for the innovation of the storyboard concept for animation. Smith was born in West Liberty, IA and became employed by Walt Disney in the animation department.
Animation Department. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Webb Smith was born on 18 January 1887 in West Liberty, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Dumbo (1941) and Pinocchio (1940). He died on 16 March 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Animation Department
- January 18, 1887
- Webb Smith
- March 16, 1951
May 11, 2017 · Artist Webb Smith is my my 140th pick as a Disney Legend. He is credited with helping to develop the storyboard system. According to the Disney Institute blog, "Storyboards originated at Disney Studios in the 1930’s and were, according to Walt Disney, invented by Animator, Webb Smith.
Smith, Webb Story man at the Disney Studio beginning in 1931. He is credited with coming up with the idea of the storyboards, used for planning an animated film instead of a script. He left Disney in 1942, and died in Arizona in the 1950s.
Nov 30, 2018 · Disney credited animator Webb Smith with creating the idea of drawing scenes on separate sheets of paper and pinning them up on a bulletin board to tell a story in sequence, thus creating the first storyboard (Christopher Finch, The Art of Walt Disney, Abrams, 1973).
Oct 30, 2012 · picassosson. 548 subscribers. Subscribed. 3.5K. 277K views 11 years ago. The idea of storyboarding was developed at the Walt Disney Studio during the early 1930s. Disney credited animator...
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Webb Smith — The Movie Database (TMDB) Biography. Credited by Disney as creator of the first storyboard. Known For. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Pinocchio. Saludos Amigos. Three Little Pigs. On Ice. Three Blind Mouseketeers. Babes in the Woods. The Pied Piper. Writing. Acting. Visual Effects.
