Wolfgang Reitherman

Regissör, Producent, Skådespelare

26 juni 1909 — 22 maj 1985 (75 år)
Reitherman 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 himself in the 1941 feature film The Reluctant Dragon. All three of Reitherman's sons — Bruce, Richard and Robert — provided voices for Disney characters, including Mowgli in The Jungle Book, Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, and Wart in The Sword in the Stone. Reitherman directed several Disney animated feature films including, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970),Robin Hood (1973) and The Rescuers (1977). He is also known for reusing animation in movies directed by him. According to Floyd Norman, this was just one of his trademarks, and had nothing to do with time or cost savings: "Woolie was our director on The Jungle Book. Reuse was just Woolie’s thing. He never did it to save money. I really don’t think the “Old Guard” ever had any interest in saving money. I was never a big fan of reuse, but it wasn’t my place to tell these old guys what to do. One final thought. It never seemed to bother Walt, and I never heard him complain about reuse."

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  • Djungelboken
    Djungelboken1967
  • Pongo och de 101 dalmatinerna
    Pongo och de 101 dalmatinerna1961
  • Robin Hood
    Robin Hood1973
  • Aristocats
    Aristocats1970
  • Svärdet i stenen
    Svärdet i stenen1963
  • Bernard och Bianca
    Bernard och Bianca1977
  • Törnrosa
    Törnrosa1959
  • Filmen om Nalle Puh
    Filmen om Nalle Puh1977
  • Micke och Molle - vänner när det gäller
    Micke och Molle - vänner när det gäller1981
  • Nalle Puh och den stormiga dagen
    Nalle Puh och den stormiga dagen1968
  • Nalle Puh på honungsjakt
    Nalle Puh på honungsjakt1966
  • Nalle Puh och den skuttande tigern
    Nalle Puh och den skuttande tigern1974
  • Jan Långben på vattenskidor
    Jan Långben på vattenskidor1961
  • Kalle i mattemagikens land
    Kalle i mattemagikens land1959
  • Min lilla åsna
    Min lilla åsna1978
  • Disneyland
    Disneyland51 seasons
  • Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
    Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh2 seasons
  • Jan Långbens olympiska spel
    Jan Långbens olympiska spel1972
  • Disney's Halloween Treat
    Disney's Halloween Treat1997

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