Walt Disney Pictures

History

For a more complete history of the studios, to see the histories of Walt Disney and Walt Disney Company.

The history of the studios, under their various names, is closely related to that of the Walt Disney Company:

of 1923 to 1929: Disney Brothers Studios
of 1929 to 1984: Walt Disney Productions (the studios are one of the essential components of the company)
of 1984 to our days: Walt Disney Company (the studios belong to the one of the four sections of the company)

Founded in 1923, the company is baptized Disney Brothers Studios , then Walt Disney Productions until the reorganization of the group in the Années 1980.

April 1st 1983, Walt Disney Productions creates starting from the department " animation and films" ( Pictures ) a company with whole but subsidiary share at 100%, Walt Disney Pictures . The studio which produced before all films of Disney centres little by little starting from 1984, with the creation of Touchstone Pictures , on the productions for youth then only the cartoons.

In November 1984, a division-subsidiary company is created especially for the televised series: Walt Disney Television Animation . Moreover, Walt Disney Productions takes the name of Walt Disney Company .

In 1986, Walt Disney Pictures “is cut down” by its principal division, that of cartoon films feature films, which became a subsidiary company under the name of Walt Disney Feature Animation .

Since 1991, Walt Disney Pictures organizes certain first of its films to the El Capitan Theater repurchased in renovated for this reason.

Since 1996, Walt Disney Pictures ensures the distribution international films of the Studio Ghibli through Buena Vista International.

The first DVD published by Disney left the December 2nd 1997.

In 2005 this division had decided to produce only cartoon films of synthesis but with the repurchase of Pixar Animation Studios, the studio returned to the traditional drawing.

The December 4th 2006, the company announced the return to the production of court-measurings with Dingo, in order to " to seek new talents" but announces, the following day, the dismissal of 160 organizers (either 20% of manpower).

In 2007, following the repurchase of Pixar and with a policy of harmonization of the subsidiary companies (resulting in the suppression of the term Buena Vista) Walt Disney Feature Animation becomes Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Productions

Court-measurings

The short film was the only existing format when the Disney studios began in the middle of the years 1920.

Court-measurings " Classiques"

Walt Disney Pictures carried out hundreds of court-measurings which it is possible to classify according to their heroes or their topics.

Alice Comedies
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Mickey Mouse
Silly Symphonies
Donald Duck
Nutcase (Goofy)
Pluto
military Court-measurings, carried out between 1940 and 1946 (much are still classified " secrecy défense" or regarded as " banned" (" censurés") because of their character violently caricatural towards the Japanese, Italians and Germans), etc

Other court-measurings

Bathing Time for Baby (March 19th 1946) realized for Johnson & Johnson, educational film presenting the " good method to wash the Baby s"

The Small One , realized by Gift Bluth and left the December 16th 1978. The " small personnage" title is a mule. The film reconte history of its life, its birth to its sale with Joseph de Nazareth and Marie on the way of Bethlehem.
Vincent , realized by Tim Burton and left in 1982.
Oilspot and Lipstick , realized by Michael Cedeno and left in 1986.
Redux Riding Hood , realized by Steve Moore and left in 1998.
Three Little Pigs , realized by Darrell Rooney and left in 1998. Stylized like a parody of the real-world.

Lorenzo , realized by Mike Gabriel and left in 2004
One by a , realized by Pixote Hunt and left in 2004
the Little girl with the matches , by Roger Outward journeys and left in 2005

Televised series

The " subsidiary company; cartoons télévisés" of Disney produced and produces still many series:

Means-measurings of animation

The Disney studios carried out several medium-length films. The majority however were gathered to make films in batches such as the traditional ones of the years 1940-1950 ( Saludos Amigos , or Coquin of spring ).

Ben and Me (1953)

Feature films of animation

Walt Disney and its studio launched out in the feature-length film of animation in 1934 and left their first film in 1937, Blanche Snow and the seven dwarves . Since this date, the exits of Disney feature-length films became almost regular, to see annual according to the periods.

See also: List of the feature films of animation produced by the Studios Disney

Feature films in catches of real sights

The Disney studio since the end of the year 1940 realized of films without any animation or sometimes mélant both more or less.

See also: List of the feature films in catches of real sights produced by the Studios Disney

Directors

Richard Shepherd first president de Walt Disney Pictures of 1983 to 1984.
Jeffrey Katzenbeg of 1984 with

See Too

Original texts

The original texts of certain cartoons are available in the public domain.

Translation in English of the original texts of the brothers Grimm
the original text of '' Peter Pan ''
Original text of '' Alice to the country of the wonders '' of Lewis Carroll
Pinocchio of Carlo Collodi:

Italian Original version
French Translation
Translation in English

Original text of '' The Jungle Book '' of Rudyard Kipling
Original text of '' The second jungle book '' of Rudyard Kipling in English
'' the Beautiful one and the Animal '' Mrs Leprince de Beaumont
Translation in English of the original text of '' the Beautiful one and the Animal '' Mrs Leprince de Beaumont
the works of Andersen, translated into English, consultable in line
Various versions of the text of '' Robin of English Wood ''
Translation of the poem of Mulan
the original text tale of '' Bambi '' of Felix Salten
Full text of '' Notre-Dame de Paris '' of Victor Hugo, in French.
List of the chiefs of work of animation as well as other films of Disney.

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