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  1. Wilfred Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the Night on Bald Mountain / Ave Maria segment of Fantasia from Walt Disney Productions.

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    Title
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    1937
    Sequence Director
    1940
    Sequence Director
    1940
    Director – Segment " Night on Bald ...
    1941
    Sequence Director
  2. Wilfred Jackson was an American animator, arranger, composer, and director, who worked for Disney. Born in Chicago, Illinois; Jackson attended Otis College of Art and Design in the 1920s before getting hired at the studio.

  3. In 1953 Wilfred Jackson suffered a heart attack while directing sequences for "Lady and the Tramp" (1955), and was never able to resume full-time duties at the Disney studio. He was replaced as a director on "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) and worked sporadically on Disney's TV shows.

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    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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    • Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, USA
  4. After nearly 35 years with The Walt Disney Studios, he retired in 1961. Wilfred Jackson passed away on August 7, 1988, in Newport Beach, California. Walt Disney first came to rely upon Wilfred Jackson’s genius and sense of perfection in 1928, the year Mickey Mouse was born.

  5. Jun 3, 2024 · Exploring Wilfred Jacksons filmography is like taking a walk through Disney history. Each movie on this list not only highlights his directorial genius but also reflects the evolution of animation during his time.

  6. Jul 31, 2015 · From MB: Wilfred Emmons Jackson (1906-1988) was one of the tiny handful of Walt Disney's employees who could say accurately that they were "present at the creation"—not of the studio itself, but of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies, and the films most distinctively and admirably "Disney": the great animated shorts and features of the 1930s ...

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  8. Three Disney shorts directed by Jackson won Academy Awards: "The Tortoise and the Hare" (1935), cited as the first cartoon to effectively animate speed; "The Country Cousin" (1936); and "The Old Mill" (1937), a showcase for Disney's new Multiplane Camera.

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