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Johnston was an animator at Walt Disney Studios from 1934 to 1978, and became a directing animator beginning with Pinocchio, released in 1940. He contributed to most Disney animated features, including Fantasia and Bambi. His last full work for Disney came with The Rescuers, in which he was caricatured as one of the film's characters, the cat ...
Ollie Johnston. Actor: The Iron Giant. Oliver Martin "Ollie" Johnston was an American animator from Palo Alto, California. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators which supervised production at the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977.
Aug 19, 2008 · Ollie Johnston will always be remembered as one of the great animators of all time, and a pillar of the Walt Disney feature-film classics... but what sets him apart in my mind is the way he and his lifelong friend Frank Thomas created a second career for themselves as teachers and mentors.
Ollie passed away on April 14, 2008, in Sequim, Washington—the last surviving member of Walt’s legendary “Nine Old Men.” Animator Ollie Johnston infused an unusual level of warmth and heartfelt emotion into his characters.
The Twelve Principles of Animation were mastered in the 1930-40s by Disney artists Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston as they were pioneering the animation techniques in films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), and Bambi (1942).
Apr 16, 2008 · LOS ANGELES (AP) The animator Ollie Johnston, the last of the Disney “nine old men,” as the studio’s core group of senior animators was called, died on Monday in Sequim, Wash. He was 95. He died...
Apr 16, 2008 · Ollie Johnston, the last of the so-called 'Nine Old Men' who animated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and other classic Walt Disney films has died. He was 95.
Apr 16, 2008 · Ollie Johnston, 95, was the last surviving member a core innovative film animation team dubbed the "Nine Old Men" by Walt Disney. Johnston worked on classics...
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 ...
Apr 16, 2008 · Oliver Martin “Ollie” Johnston Jr., the last living member of the celebrated “Nine Old Men” of Disney animation whose work set the standard by which all character animation is judged and a...
