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Burny Mattinson. Burnett Mattinson (May 13, 1935 – February 27, 2023) was an American animator, director, producer, and story artist for Walt Disney Animation Studios, where he was employed from 1953 until his death in 2023. Mattinson was honored as an inductee of the Disney Legends program in 2008. [1]
Burnett "Burny" Mattinson was an American artist and storyman at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Mattinson was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2008.[1] Mattinson started at Disney working in the studio mail room as a "traffic boy" in 1953 where among his duties, he would hand deliver weekly checks of $300 to Walt Disney for his "walking around" money. After a while, he was eventually promoted to ...
Feb 27, 2023 · Remembering Disney Legend Burny Mattinson. Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, who worked as an animator, director, producer, and story artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios during an unprecedented 70-year career, passed away Monday, February 27, at Canyon Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canoga Park, California, following a short illness.
Feb 28, 2023 · Burny Mattinson, pictured at Disney’s D23 Expo in 2013, has died. He was 87. The Walt Disney Co. is mourning the loss of animator, producer and story artist Burny Mattinson, whose work included ...
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Burny Mattinson (1935-2023) Burny Mattinson. Burny Mattinson's helmed the Academy Award-nominated 1983 animated featurette "Mickey's Christmas Carol." In 1986, wrote, produced and directed "The Great Mouse Detective." Mattinson's worked on"Sleeping Beauty," "101 Dalmatians," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats" and "The ...
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May 1, 2023 · Farewell to Burny Mattinson: 1935-2023. Legendary artist Burny Mattinson passed away recently at the age of 87. Born in San Francisco, he had moved to the San Fernando Valley later in childhood, and first wandered up to The Walt Disney Studios’ gates back in 1953. He was just 18 years old—still a high school student—and was looking for a job.
Feb 27, 2023 · Animator, director, producer and story artist Burny Mattinson, who joined the Walt Disney Company at the end of its first great run of films, when Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942) were new and an in ...
