Clyde Geronimi was an employee for whom from 1918 to 1920?
Clyde Geronimi Clito Clyde Geronimi ( June 12 , 1901 – April 24 , 1989 ) , known as Gerry , was an Italian American animation director . He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions . Biography . Geronimi was born in Chiavenna , Italy , immigrating to the United States as a young child . Geronimis earliest work in the animation field was for the J.R . Bray Studios , where he worked with Walter Lantz . Geronimi left Bray in 1931 to join Walt Disney Productions , where he remained until 1959 . Geronimi started off in the shorts department as an animator , eventually becoming a director . His 1941 short , Lend a Paw , won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film . Geronimi moved into directing feature-length animated films after the end of World War II , mainly working for Walt Disney Productions . He was one of the directors on Bambi , Cinderella , Alice in Wonderland , Peter Pan , Lady and the Tramp , Sleeping Beauty , and One Hundred and One Dalmatians . After Geronimi left Disney in 1959 , he worked in television for a number of years ( mostly at UPA ) , including directing many episodes of the 1967 animated Spider-Man series . He retired from animation sometime in the late 1960s , and provided illustrations for childrens books . Geronimi received the 1978 Winsor McCay Award from the International Animated Film Society , ASIFA-Hollywood , for his lifetime of contributions to the animation field . The award was presented by his long-time friend and colleague Walter Lantz . Geronimi was also posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend on July 14 , 2017 . In 2019 , Sleeping Beauty was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant . Geronimi died on April 24 , 1989 at his home in Newport Beach , California , aged 87 . Filmography . Shorts . Walter Lantz Productions period . - The Pied Piper ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1924 ) - The Giant Killer ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1924 ) - The Magic Lamp ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1924 ) - Dinky Doodle in a Restaurant ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Dinky Doodle in the Circus ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - How the Camel Got His Hump ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Dinky Doodle in the Hunt ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - How the Bear Got His Short Tail ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Dinky Doodle and the Bad Man ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - How the Elephant Got His Trunk ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Just Spooks ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - The Babes in the Woods ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Three Bears ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Robinson Crusoe ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Magic Carpet ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Peter Pan Handled ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - The House That Dinky Built ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Cinderella ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - Little Red Riding Hood ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1925 ) - The Cats Nine Lives ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1926 ) - The Pigs Curly Tail ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1926 ) - Dinky Doodle in the Army ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Dog Gone It ( Short ) ( assistant director ) ( 1926 ) - The Magician ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Dinky Doodles Little Orphan ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Dinky Doodles Bed Time Story ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Wild-West ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - The Ostrichs Plumes ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Dinky Doodle in Egypt ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - The King of Beasts ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - The Arctic ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Dinky Doodle in Lost and Found ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Dinky Doodle in Uncle Toms Cabin ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - How the Giraffe Got His Long Neck ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - The Goats Whiskers ( Short ) ( assistant animator ) ( 1926 ) - Hyenas Laugh ( animator ) ( 1926 ) - Lunch Hound ( animator ) ( 1927 ) - Mars ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - Alaska ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - Africa ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - Mexico ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - The Navy ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - The Fowl Ball ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - The Detective ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - The Singing Sap ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1930 ) - Cold Feet ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - Snappy Salesman ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - Henpecked ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - Spooks ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - Not So Quiet ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - My Pal Paul ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - Hells Heels ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - Hot for Hollywood ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - The Prison Panic ( Short ) ( animator and writer ) ( 1930 ) - The Hunter ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - Kentucky Belles ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - Radio Rhythm ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - The Stone Age ( Short ) ( animator and artist ) ( 1931 ) - Northwoods ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - The Bandmaster ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - Country School ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - Sunny South ( Short ) ( artist ) ( 1931 ) - The Fireman ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - The Farmer ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - What a Doctor ! ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1931 ) - Shipwreck ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1931 ) - College ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1931 ) - China ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1931 ) Disney period . - The Ugly Duckling ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1931 ) - Mickeys Orphans ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1931 ) - Mickey Cuts Up ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1931 ) - The Beach Party ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1931 ) - Mickeys Good Deed ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - Santas Workshop ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - The Klondike Kid ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - Trader Mickey ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - Flowers and Trees ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - Just Dogs ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - Mickey in Arabia ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - Mickeys Revue ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - The Duck Hunt ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1932 ) - Giantland ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - The Steeple Chase ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - Old king Cole ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - Mickeys Mechanical Man ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - Father Noahs Ark ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - Mickeys Mellerdrammer ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - Birds in the Spring ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - Building a Building ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1933 ) - The Dognapper ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1934 ) - The Goddess of Spring ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1934 ) - Peculiar Penguins ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1934 ) - The Wise Little Hen ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1934 ) - The Big Bad Wolf ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1934 ) - Shanghaied ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1934 ) - Cock o the Walk ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1935 ) - Music Land ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1935 ) - Plutos Judgement Day ( Short ) ( animator ) ( 1935 ) - Who Killed Cock Robin ? ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1935 ) - Mickeys Kangaroo ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1935 ) - The Band Concert ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) - Mickeys Man Friday ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1934 ) - Mother Pluto ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1936 ) - Three Blind Mouseketeers ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1936 ) - Mickeys Rival ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1936 ) - Lonesome Ghosts ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1937 ) - Moose Hunters ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1937 ) - The Fox Hunt ( Short ) ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1938 ) - Mickeys Trailer ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1938 ) - Boat Builders ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1938 ) - Society Dog Show ( animator - uncredited ) ( 1939 ) - Mickeys Parrot ( director ) ( 1938 ) - The Ugly Duckling ( director ) ( 1939 ) - Beach Picnic ( director ) ( 1939 ) - Officer Duck ( director ) ( 1939 ) - The Pointer ( director ) ( 1939 ) - Mr . Mouse Takes a Trip ( director ) ( 1940 ) - Pantry Pirate ( director ) ( 1940 ) - Billposters ( director ) ( 1940 ) - Tugboat Mickey ( director ) ( 1940 ) - Plutos Dream House ( director ) ( 1940 ) - Lend a Paw ( director ) ( 1941 ) - Canine Caddy ( director ) ( 1941 ) - A Gentlemans Gentleman ( director ) ( 1941 ) - Pluto Junior ( director ) ( 1942 ) - The Army Mascot ( director ) ( 1942 ) - T-Bone for Two ( director ) ( 1942 ) - Pluto at the Zoo ( director ) ( 1942 ) - The Sleep Walker ( director ) ( 1942 ) - Private Pluto ( director ) ( 1943 ) - Education for Death ( director ) ( 1943 ) - Chicken Little ( director ) ( 1943 ) - Victory Through Air Power ( Deputy director ) ( 1943 ) - Pluto and the Armadillo ( director ) ( 1943 ) - Susie the Little Blue Coupe ( director ) ( 1952 ) - Music Land ( director ) ( 1956 ) Feature films . - Dumbo ( assistant director - uncredited ) ( 1941 ) - Bambi ( director ) ( 1942 ) - The Three Caballeros ( director ) ( 1944 ) - Make Mine Music ( Peter and the Wolf segment ) ( director ) ( 1946 ) - Melody Time ( Pecos Bill segment ) ( director ) ( 1948 ) - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr . Toad ( The Adventures of Ichabod segment ) ( director ) ( 1949 ) - Cinderella ( director ) ( 1950 ) - Alice in Wonderland ( director ) ( 1951 ) - Peter Pan ( director ) ( 1953 ) - Lady and the Tramp ( director ) ( 1955 ) - Sleeping Beauty ( 1959 ) - One Hundred and One Dalmatians ( 1961 ) TV . - Spider-Man ( TV series ) ( direction ) ( 1967 ) - Disneyland ( TV series ) ( sequence director - 1 episode ) - How the West Was Lost ( 1967 ) ( sequence director ) - Funny Is Funny ( Short ) ( animation director ) ( 1966 ) - Linus the Lionhearted ( TV Series ) ( animation director - 2 episodes ) ( 1964 ) - Adrift on the Rapids ( 1964 ) ( animation director ) - Mocking Bird ( 1964 ) ( animation director ) External links . - Obituary at the New York Times