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Joe Grant

Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born May 15, 1908Died May 6, 2005 (96 years)
Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 – May 6, 2005) was an American artist and writer. Born in New York City, New York, he worked for The Walt Disney Company as a character designer and story artist beginning in 1933 on the Mickey Mouse short, "Mickey's Gala Premiere". He was a Disney legend. He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He co-wrote Dumbo. He also led development of Pinocchio and Fantasia. During World War II, Grant worked on war cartoons including the Academy Award winning Der Fuehrer's Face. He left the Disney studio in 1949 and ran a ceramics business and a greeting card business but returned in 1989 to work on Beauty and the Beast. He also worked on Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Fantasia 2000, and Pixar's Monsters, Inc. among others. The last two films he worked on before his death, Chicken Little and Pixar's Up, were dedicated to him. Grant worked four days a week at Disney until he died, nine days before his 97th birthday. Grant's final project, Lorenzo, for which he conceived the idea and helped storyboard, received an Academy Award nomination in 2005.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Popeye the Sailor (1960)

Known For

  • Fantasia
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Dumbo
  • Fantasia 2000
  • Make Mine Music
  • Der Fuehrer's Face
  • Saludos Amigos
  • Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl
  • Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
  • Thru the Mirror
  • Three Orphan Kittens
  • The Tortoise and the Hare
  • Popeye the Sailor (1960)
  • Lorenzo
  • Toby Tortoise Returns
  • The Grasshopper and the Ants
  • The Spirit of '43
  • Three Little Wolves
  • Pluto's Judgement Day
  • Wynken, Blynken & Nod
  • The Flying Gauchito

Joe Grant Filmography

2009
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached · as Himself (archive Footage)
2007
The Pixar Story · as Self
2001
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth · as Self - Artist & Storyman
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature · as Self - Disney Story Supervisor
1994
The Making of 'Bambi' · as Self - Story Artist, Walt Disney Feature Animation
1978
The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self - Character Designer

1981
Sixty Years of Seduction · as Co-Producer

2004
Lorenzo · as Original Story
1999
Fantasia 2000 · as Original Concept
1998
Mulan · as Story
1995
Pocahontas · as Story
1994
The Lion King · as Character Designer
1991
Beauty and the Beast · as Visual Development
1987
1984
1955
Lady and the Tramp · as Script
1951
1950
1946
Make Mine Music · as Production Executive
1945
1944
1941
The Reluctant Dragon · as Story "baby Weems" Sequence
1940
Fantasia · as Story
1940
Pinocchio · as Characters
1938
Wynken, Blynken & Nod · as Storyboard
1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · as Character Technical Supervisor
1936
Toby Tortoise Returns · as Storyboard
1936
Thru the Mirror · as Story
1936
Three Little Wolves · as Storyboard
1935
1935
1935
1935
The Tortoise and the Hare · as Characters
1933
Mickey's Gala Premier · as Animation

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