Joe Rinaldi

Joe Rinaldi was an American screenwriter and storyboard artist, who worked at Disney within its story department with fellow writers Erdman Penner, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Winston Hibler, Dick Huemer, and others.
Joe Rinaldi was born on August 1, 1914 and graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1932. A gifted draughtsman while working at Disney, he came with concept art from "The Pastoral Symphony" segment of Fantasia. This led further contributions of art and story ideas for features, like Dumbo, Melody Time, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Babes in Toyland. He worked on many short films and features up until Sleeping Beauty, when he became a writer for Disney's anthology series.
Frank Thomas said once that Rinaldi had a lot to do with what was great about Lady & the Tramp and The final look of the film was significantly shaped by his drawings. During an episode of the anthology series ("Cavalcade of Songs"), he appeared with Ed Penner, Peggy Lee, and Sonny Burke on a segment that showcased what it was like to bounce ideas back and forth with fellow writers behind the scenes, which included artwork from the early stages of Lady and the Tramp.
He died on November 25, 1974 at the age of sixty.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1940 	Fantasia 	Concept art - uncredited
1941 	Dumbo 	story development
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	"Mickey and the Beanstalk" (writer)
1948 	Melody Time 	story"Pecos Bill" (writer)"The Legend of Johnny Appleseed" (story)
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	story"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (writer)
1950 	Cinderella 	story
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	story
1953 	Peter Pan 	story
1954-1969	The Magical World of Disney 	special art workwriter
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	story
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	additional story
1961 	Babes in Toyland 	screenplay
==Gallery==
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Joe rinaldi 3.jpg|Rinaldi in "A Story of Dogs."
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Joe rinaldi in Cavalcade of Songs.JPG|Rinaldi in "Cavalcade of Songs."
Old school Disney storytellers.jpg|From left to right: Bill Peet, Tom Oreb, Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Don DaGradi, and Ken Anderson
File:SleepingBeauty1959ProductionPhoto28.jpg|Rinaldi reviewing the storyboard of the christening scene from Sleeping Beauty with Clyde Geronimi, Erdman Penner, and Walt Disney, c. fall 1956.
File:SleepingBeauty1959ProductionPhoto10.jpg|Rinaldi attending a story meeting for Sleeping Beauty with Eric Larson, Don DaGradi, and Marc Davis.
File:SleepingBeauty1959PublicityPhoto15.png|Rinaldi reviewing dailes from Sleeping Beauty with Mary Costa and Eric Larson.
===Known Artwork===
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