The Jungle Book
1967
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Wolfgang Reitherman. Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German–American animator, director and producer and one of the "Nine Old Men" of core animators at Walt Disney Productions. He emerged as a key figure at Disney during the 1960s and 1970s, a transitionary ...
Wolfgang Reitherman. Director: The Aristocats. Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men. He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts. Reitherman directed several Disney animated feature films including: One Hundred and One ...
- June 26, 1909
- May 22, 1985
Wolfgang Reitherman, also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German famed Disney animator, director, producer, and one of Disney's Nine Old Men. Born in Munich, Germany, Reitherman's family moved to America when he was a child. After attending Pasadena Junior College and briefly working as a draftsman for Douglas Aircraft, Reitherman returned to school at the Chouinard ...
Wolfgang Reitherman. Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men. He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts. Reitherman directed several Disney animated feature films including ...
- January 1, 1
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- January 1, 1
- Burbank, California, USA
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After Walt Disney’s untimely death in 1966, Woolie helped unify the Studio’s stable of egos and talent. As fellow animator Frank Thomas recalled, Woolie was a “very strong leader” during that unsettling time. After nearly 50 years with the Studio, Woolie retired in 1981. Woolie Reitherman passed away on May 22, 1985, in Burbank ...
Reitherman began working for Disney in 1934, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts, including The Band Concert, Music Land, and Elmer Elephant and in all, Reitherman worked on various Disney feature films produced from 1937 to 1981, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Slave in the Magic Mirror) to The ...
May 27, 1985 · Wolfgang (Woolie) Reitherman, an animator whose work on Walt Disney's feature-length cartoons earned him an Academy Award, died Wednesday after his automobile crashed into a tree within blocks of ...
