Ted Berman

Ted Berman was an American film director, animator, and screenwriter, who served on the Disney staff. As an animator and director, Berman gave life to some of the most memorable characters in film history, including Bambi and characters from Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, and Alice in Wonderland.
Born in eastern Los Angeles, Berman honed his artistic skills from his earliest days, California Institute of Art attending the Chouinard Art Institute forerunner and winning numerous competitions as a child newspaper. Joining Disney in 1940, Berman worked on numerous successful theatrical releases by the Mouse House in addition to his work on television, such as Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and The Mickey Mouse Club. Turning to writing and directing in his later years, Berman served as a scribe to popular later Efforts from the studio, such as The Rescuers (1977) and The Fox and the Hound (1981), in addition to later directing Disney's first PG-rated theatrical release The Black Cauldron (1985).
In July of 2001, Berman died of heart failure in Los Angeles, CA. He was 81.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1940 	Fantasia 	Assistant Animator - uncredited"The Rite of Spring"
1942 	Bambi 	Animator - uncredited
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Character Animator - uncredited"Bongo"
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Character Animator - uncredited
1951-1970	The Magical World of Disney 	StoryWriterAnimator
1953 	Peter Pan 	Character Animator - uncredited
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	Character Animator - uncredited
1958 	Paul Bunyan 	Story
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Character Animator - uncredited
1961 	One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	Character Animator
1961 	The Litterbug 	Animator
1964 	Mary Poppins 	Animator - uncredited
1969 	It's Tough to Be a Bird 	Story
1969 	The Social Side of Health 	Story
1970 	Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? 	Writer
1971 	The Million Dollar Duck 	Title Designer
1971 	Bedknobs and Broomsticks 	Animation Story Supervisor - uncredited
1972 	The Mouse Factory 	writer: "Spooks and Magic"
1977 	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Story: "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too"
1977 	The Rescuers 	Additional Story
1981 	The Fox and the Hound 	ScreenplayDirector
1985 	The Black Cauldron 	StoryDirector
==Gallery==
Ward kimball richard bakalyan ted berman.jpg|Ted Berman with Richard Bakalyan and Ward Kimball during production of It's Tough to Be a Bird.
Joe hale art stevens ted berman working on the black cauldron.jpg|Joe Hale with Art Stevens (center) and Ted Berman (right) working on The Black Cauldron.
Joe hale ted berman rick rich.jpg|L-R: Ted Berman, Joe Hale, Richard Rich in a publicity shot for The Black Cauldron.
Disney12.jpg|From left to right: Dale Oliver, Basil Davidovich, Don Duckwall, Don Griffith, Bill Berg, Julius Svendsen, Eric Cleworth, Hal King, Ted Berman, John Lounsbery, and Ollie Johnston
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