Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios is an American animation studio headquartered in Burbank, California. It was started in 1923 under the name, Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. In 1929 it re-established as Walt Disney Productions. In 1986, after Disney had moved into making mostly live-action movies, it was re-established as Walt Disney Feature Animation, taking on its current name in 2007. It has been known for making animated feature movies in association with Walt Disney Pictures.
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Type | Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios Division of Walt Disney Pictures |
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Industry | Animation Motion pictures Traditional animation CGI animation Flash animation |
Founded | October 16, 1923 (as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio) |
Founder | Walt and Roy Disney |
Headquarters | 2100 W Riverside Dr Burbank, California U.S.[1] |
Key people | Ed Catmull, President John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer Andrew Millstein, General Manager |
Products | Animated films |
Parent | Walt Disney Pictures |
Divisions | Disney Television Animation DisneyToon Studios |
Website | www |
Locations
Walt Disney Animation Studios is headquartered in the Sorcerer's Hat building which was completed in 1995. It is in Burbank, California close to Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios where its original animated studio was located. Satellite studios were around the world in locations like Paris, France, Tokyo, Japan and even at Disney's Hollywood Studios, one of the four theme parks in Walt Disney World, Florida. They were all closed down by 2004 and December 24, 2022 [2] because the 2D movies which the satellite studios made were unsuccessful what [3]
Characters
Filmography
Since 1937, Walt Disney Animation Studios has produced 60 movies with Walt Disney Pictures. The first one, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was released in 1937. The newest one, Encanto, was released in 2021, with their last released being Strange World in 2022.
Filmography
This list includes the films made by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Films by decade: | 1930s/1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · Upcoming |
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Released films
# | Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Based on/Inspired by | Producer(s) | Composer(s) |
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1 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | December 21, 1937 | Supervising Director: David HandSequence Directors: Billy Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, & Ben Sharpsteen | Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Merrill De Maris, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Ted Sears & Webb Smith | Snow White by Brothers Grimm | Walt Disney | Frank Churchill, Paul Smith and Leigh Harline |
2 | Pinocchio | February 7, 1940 | Supervising Directors: Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen
Sequence Directors: Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, T. Hee, & Bill Roberts |
Aurelius Battaglia, Billy Cottrell, Otto Englander, Erdman Penner, Joseph Sabo, Ted Sears & Webb Smith | The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi | Harline and Smith | |
3 | Fantasia | November 13, 1940 | James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norm Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, & Ben Sharpsteen | See segments | The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Johann Wolfgang von Goetheinter alia | Walt Disney & Ben Sharpsteen | Various |
4 | Dumbo | October 23, 1941 | Supervising Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Sequence Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, & Bill Roberts |
Joe Grant & Dick Huemer | Dumbo, the Flying Elephant by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl | Walt Disney | Churchill and Oliver Wallace |
5 | Bambi | August 13, 1942 | Supervising Director: David Hand
Sequence Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, & Norman Wright |
Chuck Couch, Carl Fallberg, Larry Morey, Mel Shaw, Vernon Stallings & Ralph Wright | Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten | Churchill and Edward H. Plumb | |
6 | Saludos Amigos | February 6, 1943 | Norm Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, & Bill Roberts | Homer Brightman, Joe Grant, Dick Huemer, Harold Reeves, Roy Williams & Ralph Wright | Various Disney staff members' expedition through Latin America, via goodwill funding | Smith and Plumb | |
7 | The Three Caballeros | February 3, 1945 | Supervising Director: Norm Ferguson
Sequence Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, & Harold Young |
James Bodrero, Homer Brightman, Del Connell, Billy Cottrell, Bill Peet, Elmer Plummer, Ted Sears, Ernest Terrazas, Roy Williams & Ralph Wright | Plumb,Smith and Charles Wolcott | ||
8 | Make Mine Music | April 20, 1946 | Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador, & Robert Cormack | James Bodrero, Homer Brightman, Erwin Graham, Eric Gurney, T. Hee, Sylvia Holland, Dick Huemer, Dick Kelsey, Dick Kinney, Jesse Marsh, Tom Oreb, Cap Palmer, Erdman Penner, Dick Shaw, John Walbridge & Roy Williams | Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer & Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev inter alia | Eliot Daniel, Ken Darby, Wolcott, Wallace and Plumb | |
9 | Fun and Fancy Free | September 27, 1947 | Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William Morgan, & Bill Roberts | Homer Brightman, Eldon Dedini, Lance Nolley, Tom Oreb, Harry Reeves & Ted Sears | Little Bear Bongo by Sinclair Lewis & Jack and the Beanstalk by Benjamin Tabart | Wallace, Smith, Daniel and Wolcott | |
10 | Melody Time | May 27, 1948 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, & Hamilton Luske | Ken Anderson, Homer Brightman, Billy Cottrell, Winston Hibler, Jesse Marsh, Bob Moore, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears, Art Scott & John Walbridge | The life of Johnny Appleseed, Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky, Trees by Joyce Kilmer & Pecos Bill | Daniel, Smith and Darby | |
11 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | October 5, 1949 | James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, & Jack Kinney | Homer Brightman, Winston Hibler, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi & Ted Sears | The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Grahame & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving | Wallace | |
12 | Cinderella | February 15, 1950 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, & Hamilton Luske | Ken Anderson, Homer Brightman, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi & Ted Sears | Cinderella by Charles Perrault | ||
13 | Alice in Wonderland | July 28, 1951 | Milt Banta, Del Connell, Billy Cottrell, Joe Grant, Winston Hibler, Dick Huemer, Dick Kelsey, Tom Oreb, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears & John Walbridge | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll | |||
14 | Peter Pan | February 5, 1953 | Milt Banta, Billy Cottrell, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears & Ralph Wright | Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie | |||
15 | Lady and the Tramp | June 22, 1955 | Don DaGradi, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi & Ralph Wright | Joe Grant's pet English Springer Spaniel Lady, Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog & Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs by Ward Greene | |||
16 | Sleeping Beauty | January 29, 1959 | Supervising Director: Clyde Geronimi
Sequence Directors: Les Clark, Eric Larson, & Wolfgang Reitherman |
Erdman Penner | Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, Little Briar Rose by Brothers Grimm & The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | George Bruns | |
17 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | January 25, 1961 | Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, & Wolfgang Reitherman | Bill Peet | The Hundred and One Dalmatiansby Dodie Smith | ||
18 | The Sword in the Stone | December 25, 1963 | Wolfgang Reitherman | The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White | |||
19 | The Jungle Book | October 18, 1967 | Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry & Ralph Wright | The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling | |||
20 | The Aristocats | December 24, 1970 | Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas & Ralph Wright | The Secret Origin of The Aristocats by Tom McGowan & Tom Rowe | Winston Hibler & Reitherman | ||
21 | Robin Hood | November 8, 1973 | Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Dave Michener, Julius Svendsen & Frank Thomas | The legend of Robin Hood | Reitherman | ||
22 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | March 11, 1977 | John Lounsbery & Wolfgang Reitherman | Ken Anderson, X Atencio, Ted Berman, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Winston Hibler, Julius Svendsen & Ralph Wright | Winnie-the-Pooh book series by A. A. Milne | Walt Disney & Reitherman | Buddy Baker |
23 | The Rescuers | June 22, 1977 | John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, & Art Stevens | Ken Anderson, Ted Berman, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Fred Lucky, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, Dick Sebast & Frank Thomas | The Rescuers book series by Margery Sharp | Reitherman and Ron W. Miller | Artie Butler |
24 | The Fox and the Hound | July 10, 1981 | Ted Berman, Richard Rich, & Art Stevens | Berman, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Earl Kress, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & Peter Young | The Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. Mannix | Ron W. Miller, Wolfgang Reitherman & Stevens | Baker |
25 | The Black Cauldron | July 24, 1985 | Ted Berman & Richard Rich | Berman, Vance Gerry, Joe Hale, David Jonas, Roy Morita, Rich, Art Stevens, Al Wilson & Peter Young | The Chronicles of Prydain book series by Lloyd Alexander | Joe Hale & Ron W. Miller | Elmer Bernstein |
26 | The Great Mouse Detective | July 2, 1986 | Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker | Clements, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Mattinson, Michener, Bruce M. Morris, Musker, Matthew O'Callaghan, Melvin Shaw & Peter Young | Basil of Baker Street book series by Eve Titus | Mattinson | Henry Mancini |
27 | Oliver & Company | November 18, 1988 | George Scribner | Jim Cox, Timothy J. Disney & James Mangold | Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens | Kathleen Gavin | J. A. C. Redford |
28 | The Little Mermaid | November 17, 1989 | John Musker & Ron Clements | The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen | Howard Ashman & Musker | Alan Menken | |
29 | The Rescuers Down Under | November 16, 1990 | Hendel Butoy & Mike Gabriel | Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Sampson & Joe Ranft | The Rescuers book series by Margery Sharp | Thomas Schumacher | Bruce Broughton |
30 | Beauty and the Beast | November 22, 1991 | Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise | Linda Woolverton | Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont | Don Hahn | Menken |
31 | Aladdin | November 25, 1992 | John Musker & Ron Clements | Clements, Musker, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio | Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights | Musker & Clements | |
32 | The Lion King | June 24, 1994 | Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff | Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts & Linda Woolverton | African animals & Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Don Hahn | Hans Zimmer |
33 | Pocahontas | June 23, 1995 | Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg | Carl Binder, Susannah Grant & Philip LaZebnik | The lives of Pocahontas and John Smith | James Pentecost | Menken |
34 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | June 21, 1996 | Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise | Story: Tab Murphy
Screenplay: Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White & Jonathan Roberts |
Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo | Don Hahn | |
35 | Hercules | June 27, 1997 | John Musker & Ron Clements | Clements, Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw & Irene Mecchi | The Greek myth of Heracles | Alice Dewey, Musker & Clements | |
36 | Mulan | June 19, 1998 | Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft | Story: Robert D. San Souci
Screenplay: Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer & Eugenia Bostwick-Singer |
Ballad of Mulan by Guo Maoqian | Pam Coats | Jerry Goldsmith |
37 | Tarzan | June 18, 1999 | Kevin Lima & Chris Buck | Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker & Noni White | Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs | Bonnie Arnold | Mark Mancina |
38 | Fantasia 2000 | December 16, 1999 | James Algar, Paul & Gaëtan Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, & Pixote Hunt | See credits | The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen & Noah's Arkinter alia | Roy E. Disney & Donald W. Ernst | Various |
39 | Dinosaur | May 19, 2000 | Ralph Zondag& Eric Leighton | Story: John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, Thom Enriquez & Zondag
Screenplay: Harrison & Jacobs |
an original screenplay by Walon Green | Pam Marsden | James Newton Howard |
40 | The Emperor's New Groove | December 15, 2000 | Mark Dindal | Story: Chris Williams & Dindal
Screenplay: David Reynolds |
Inca mythology & the cancelled original version Kingdom of the Sun by Roger Allers and Matthew Jacobs | Randy Fullmer | John Debney |
41 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | June 15, 2001 | Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise | Story: Wise, Trousdale, Joss Whedon, Bryce, Jackie Zabel & Tab Murphy
Screenplay: Murphy |
The legend of Atlantis | Don Hahn | Howard |
42 | Lilo & Stitch | June 21, 2002 | Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois | An unpublished children's book by Sanders | Clark Spencer | Alan Silvestri | |
43 | Treasure Planet | November 27, 2002 | John Musker & Ron Clements | Story: Clements, Musker, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
Screenplay: Clements, Musker & Rob Edwards |
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson | Roy Conli, Musker & Clements | Howard |
44 | Brother Bear | November 1, 2003 | Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker | Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich & Ron J. Friedman | Inuit cultures | Chuck Williams | Mancina |
45 | Home on the Range | April 2, 2004 | Will Finn & John Sanford | Story: Finn, Sanford, Michael LaBash, Sam Levine, Mark Kennedy & Robert Lence
Screenplay: Finn & Sanford |
The original version Sweating Bullets by Mike Gabriel | Alice Dewey Goldstone | Menken |
46 | Chicken Little | November 4, 2005 | Mark Dindal | Story: Dindal & Mark Kennedy
Screenplay: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman & Ron Anderson |
Henny Penny | Randy Fullmer | Debney |
47 | Meet the Robinsons | March 30, 2007 | Stephen J. Anderson | Jon A. Bernstein, Michelle Spritz, Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Aurian Redson, Joe Mateo & Anderson | A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce | Dorothy McKim | Danny Elfman |
48 | Bolt | November 21, 2008 | Chris Williams & Byron Howard | Dan Fogelman & Williams | The cancelled original version American Dog by Chris Sanders | Clark Spencer | John Powell |
49 | The Princess and the Frog | December 11, 2009 | John Musker & Ron Clements | Story: Clements, Musker, Greg Erb, & Jason Oremland
Screenplay: Clements, Musker & Rob Edwards |
The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker & The Frog Prince by Brothers Grimm | Peter Del Vecho | Randy Newman |
50 | Tangled | November 24, 2010 | Nathan Greno & Byron Howard | Dan Fogelman | Rapunzel by Brothers Grimm | Roy Conli | Menken |
51 | Winnie the Pooh | July 15, 2011 | Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall | Anderson, Clio Chiang, Don Dougherty, Hall, Kendelle Hoyer, Brian Kesinger, Nicole Mitchell & Jeremy Spears | Winnie-the-Pooh book series by A. A. Milne | Peter Del Vecho & Clark Spencer | Henry Jackman |
52 | Wreck-It Ralph | November 2, 2012 | Rich Moore | Story: Moore, Phil Johnston & Jim Reardon
Screenplay: Johnston & Jennifer Lee |
Various video and arcade games, including Donkey Kongand Pac-Man | Clark Spencer | |
53 | Frozen | November 27, 2013 | Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee | Story: Buck, Lee & Shane Morris
Screenplay: Lee |
Scandinavian and Sámi cultures & The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen | Peter Del Vecho | Christophe Beck |
54 | Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Don Hall & Chris Williams | Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson & Jordan Roberts | Big Hero 6 by Man of Action | Roy Conli | Jackman |
55 | Zootopia | March 4, 2016 | Byron Howard & Rich Moore | Story: Howard, Moore, Jared Bush, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, Phil Johnston & Jennifer Lee
Screenplay: Bush & Johnston |
Buddy cop films | Clark Spencer | Michael Giacchino |
56 | Moana | November 23, 2016 | John Musker & Ron Clements | Story: Clements, Musker, Chris Williams, Don Hall, Pamela Ribon, Aaron & Jordan Kandell
Screenplay: Jared Bush |
Polynesian cultures & the Hawaiian myth of Māui | Osnat Shurer | Mancina |
57 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | November 21, 2018 | Rich Moore & Phil Johnston | Story: Moore, Johnston, Jim Reardon, Pamela Ribon & Josie Trinidad
Screenplay: Johnston & Ribon |
eBay, YouTube, BuzzFeed, & Disney Consumer Productsinter alia | Clark Spencer | Jackman |
58 | Frozen II | November 22, 2019 | Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee | Story: Buck, Lee, Marc E. Smith, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Screenplay: Lee |
Scandinavian and Sámi cultures & The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen | Peter Del Vecho | Beck |
59 | Raya and the Last Dragon | March 5, 2021 | Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada | Story: Paul Briggs, Hall, Adele Lim, López Estrada, Kiel Murray, Qui Nguyen, John Ripa & Dean Wellins
Screenplay: Nguyen & Lim |
Southeast Asian cultures and mythology | Osnat Shurer & Peter Del Vecho | Howard |
60 | Encanto | November 24, 2021 | Jared Bush & Byron Howard | Story: Bush, Howard, Charise Castro Smith, Jason Hand, Nancy Kruse & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Screenplay: Smith & Bush |
Colombian culture | Yvett Merino & Clark Spencer | Germaine Franco |
61 | Strange World | November 23, 2022 | Don Hall | Qui Nguyen | Pulp magazines | Roy Conli | Jackman |
Upcoming films
# | Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Based on/Inspired by | Producer(s) | Composer(s) |
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62 | Wish | November 22, 2023 | Chris Buck & Fawn Veerasunthorn | Jennifer Lee | 100th anniversary of Disney | TBA | Julia Michaels |
Franchises
This does not include Disney's direct-to-video or television follow-up films produced by either Disney Television Animation or DisneyToon Studios.
Titles | Release dates | Movies | TV Seasons |
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Mickey Mouse & Friends | 1928–present | 7 | 15 |
Donald Duck | 1934–present | 3 | |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937–present | 1 | 2 |
Fantasia | 1940–present | 4 | 0 |
Dumbo | 1941–2019 | 2 | 1 |
Bambi | 1942–present | 1 | 0 |
Saludos Amigos | 1943–2018 | 2 | 1 |
Make Mine Music | 1946–1954 | 1 | |
Cinderella | 1950–2015 | 2 | 0 |
Alice in Wonderland | 1951–present | 3 | 5 |
Peter Pan | 1953–present | 2 | 4 |
Lady and the Tramp | 1955–2019 | 0 | |
Sleeping Beauty | 1959–present | 3 | |
101 Dalmatians | 1961–present | 4 | 3 |
Winnie the Pooh | 1966–present | 6 | 10 |
The Jungle Book | 1967–present | 4 | 3 |
The Rescuers | 1977–1990 | 2 | 0 |
The Fox and the Hound | 1981–2006 | 1 | |
The Little Mermaid | 1989–present | 1 | 3 |
Beauty and the Beast | 1991–present | 2 | 2 |
Aladdin | 1992–present | 3 | |
The Lion King | 1994–present | 6 | |
Pocahontas | 1995–1998 | 1 | 0 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996–present | ||
Hercules | 1997–present | 2 | |
Mulan | 1998–present | 2 | 0 |
Tarzan | 1999–2005 | 1 | 2 |
The Emperor's New Groove | 2000–2008 | ||
Atlantis | 2001–present | 0 | |
Lilo & Stitch | 2002–present | 2 | |
Brother Bear | 2003–2006 | 0 | |
The Princess and the Frog | 2009–present | 0 (1 planned) | |
Tangled | 2010–2020 | 3 | |
Wreck-It Ralph | 2012–present | 2 | 0 |
Frozen | 2013–present | ||
Big Hero 6 | 2014–present | 1 | 4 |
Zootopia | 2016–present | 1 | |
Moana | 0 (1 planned) |
Achievements
The animation studio is noted for creating a number of now-standard innovations in the animation industry, including:
- The multiplane camera (for Snow White, but first used in the Academy-award winning short "The Old Mill")
- The realistic animation of special effects and human characters (for Snow White)
- Advanced composition processes to combine live-action and animated elements using color film (for The Three Caballeros)
- The use of xerography in animation to transfer drawings to cels as opposed to ink-tracing (developed for 101 Dalmatians, but first tested in a few scenes in Sleeping Beauty and first fully used in the Academy-award nominated short Goliath II)
- The use of all-digital methods for painting, compositing, and recording animated features using the CAPS (Computer Animation Production System)
Among its significant achievements are:
- The first animated feature in Technicolor (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
- The first major motion picture in stereophonic sound (Fantasia), otherwise known as Fantasound.
- The first animated feature in CinemaScope (Lady and the Tramp)
- The first large format animated movie (the 70 mm Sleeping Beauty)
- The first Disney animated feature to use computer-generated imagery (The Black Cauldron)
- The first Disney animated feature making heavy use of CGI computer animation (Oliver & Company)
- The first Disney animated feature to use digital coloring (The Little Mermaid, which introduced Disney's CAPS process)
- The first feature movie to be shot using a 100% digital process (The Rescuers Down Under, CAPS)
- The first animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the only nominee for Best Picture to be traditionally-animated (Beauty and the Beast)
- The first Disney animated feature to gross $200 million, and the highest-grossing movie of 1992 (Aladdin)
- The highest grossing traditionally-animated (or hand-drawn) movie of all time (The Lion King)
- The largest movie premiere with over 100,000 viewers (Pocahontas)
- The most expensive animated movie ever made costing $260 million (Tangled)
- The highest number of original characters ever created for an animated movie (188 characters) (Wreck-It Ralph)
Documentary movies about Disney animation
- A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (1937, short)
- The Reluctant Dragon (1941, a staged "mockumentary")
- Frank and Ollie (1995)
- Dream On Silly Dreamer (2005)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)
Related pages
References
- "Walt Disney Animation Studios". Walt Disney Animation Studios.
- "IndieWire". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- "Disney Channel to stop broadcasting in Russia from Dec. 14 - Kommersant".