Walt Disney, American cartoonist and motion picture producer, has made a big impact on today's animated motion picture industry. His great talent as a cartoonist and producer has inspired many of today's great film-makers. Here is a short summary of the early beginning and career of probably the greatest animator and film writer of all time. Walt Disney, in full Walter Elias Disney, was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. At age 16, he left highschool …showed first 75 words of 361 total…

…showed last 75 words of 361 total…Academy Awards. Disney died in 1966 at the age of 65, and since then the Walt Disney Company has produced a new series of animated feature films and in 1995 purchased Capital Cities/ABC Television. You've just heard a brief synopsis of Walt Disney's contribution to the film industry. There's no doubt that his creativity and vision in the area of film-making has inspired many young talents and will continue to do so in the years to come.