Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. He is also the co-founder of Walt Disney Corporation, commonly known as Disney, along with his brother Roy Disney. Walt Disney is one of the most well-known motion picture producers in the world, particularly noted for being a successful storyteller, a hands-on film producer, and a popular showman. David Low, the late British political cartoonist, called Disney 'the most significant figure in graphic arts since Leonardo Da Vinci.' Pioneer, innovator, and possessor of one of the most fertile imaginations the world has ever known, Walt Disney, along with his staff members, received more than 950 honors and citations from every nation in the world, including 48 Academy Awards and seven Emmys in his lifetime. Disney came up with a mouse character (Mickey Mouse) on his trip back from New York and soon launched spin-off series for supporting characters such as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. Disney's original (and, till 1955, only) business is motion picture production. Disney Studio Entertainment, also known as Walt Disney Studios, includes Disney's movie and animation studios, record labels, and Broadway-style stage shows. Today, Walt Disney's animation/motion picture studios, and theme parks have developed into a multi-billion dollar television, motion picture, vacation destination, and media corporation that still bears his name. The Walt Disney Company today owns, among other assets, five vacation resorts, eleven theme parks, two water parks, thirty-nine hotels, eight motion picture studios, six record labels, eleven cable television networks, and one terrestrial television network.