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Wolfgang Reitherman

Wolfgang Reitherman

Visual Effects · Born 1909-06-26 · Munich, Germany

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Biography

Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985) was a German-American animator and filmmaker. He 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 Fox and the Hound (co-producer). He did the climatic dinosaur fight in Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in Fantasia, the Headless Horseman chase in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" section in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, the Crocodile in Peter Pan, and Maleficent as a dragon in Sleeping Beauty (the former three he animated and the latter he directed). Beginning with 1961's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, "Woolie", as he was called by friends, served as Disney's chief animation director. One of Reitherman's productions, the 1968 short Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He also served as a producer and sequence director, and starred as himse…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Pixar Story (2007) — Self (archive footage)
  2. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) — Self (archive footage)
  3. Mickey, les J.O. rigolos (2005)
  4. From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men (2005) — Self (Archive Footage)
  5. A Story of Dogs (1954) — Self
  6. The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009) — Self (Archive Footage)
  7. From Fantasia to Fantasyland (1978) — self

Directed

  1. The Jungle Book (1967) — Director
  2. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) — Director
  3. The Aristocats (1970) — Director
  4. Robin Hood (1973) — Director
  5. The Sword in the Stone (1963) — Director
  6. The Rescuers (1977) — Director
  7. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) — Director
  8. Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959) — Director
  9. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) — Director
  10. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) — Director
  11. Aquamania (1961) — Director
  12. The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Director
  13. Goliath II (1960) — Director
  14. Superstar Goofy (1972) — Director
  15. The Truth About Mother Goose (1957) — Director
  16. The Goofy Success Story (1955) — Director
  17. Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy (2002) — Director
  18. The Goofy Adventure Story (1957) — Director
  19. The Wonderful World of Disney (1961) — Director
  20. Mickey, les J.O. rigolos (2005) — Director
  21. The Hunting Instinct (1962) — Director
  22. Holiday for Henpecked Husbands (1961) — Director