Blaine Gibson

Blaine Gibson was an American Disney animator and Imagineer, best known for his sculpting work on numerous classic Disney attractions.
==Biography==
Blaine Gibson was born on a farm in Rocky Ford, Colorado. As a child, he enjoyed making clay sculptures. After attending Western State Colorado University and the University of Colorado (though he dropped out of the latter), he applied to Disney in 1939 and worked as an assistant animator on films, such as Fantasia, Bambi, Peter Pan, and Lady and the Tramp, as a character animator on films, such as Sleeping Beauty and One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and as an effects animator on films, such as Song of the South and Alice in Wonderland. While working in the animation department, he took sculpting classes at Pasadena City College and his sculpture work caught the eye of Walt Disney, who took him aboard for his Disneyland project in 1954.
Among the attractions, Blaine Gibson would sculpt for, included the Jungle Cruise, the Enchanted Tiki Room, the various attractions produced for the 1964 New York World's Fair, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, and The Hall of Presidents, which he would continue to sculpt new presidents for until George W. Bush. In 1993, Blaine Gibson was commissioned to sculpt the "Partners" statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse for Disneyland. The same year, Blaine Gibson would be honored as a Disney Legend.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1940 	Pinocchio 	In-between artist - uncredited
1940 	Fantasia 	Assistant animator - segment "The Pastoral Symphony", uncredited
1940 	The Fire Chief 	Animator - uncredited
1942 	Bambi 	Assistant animator - uncredited
1946 	Squatter's Rights 	Animator
1946 	Song of the South 	Effects animator
1947 	Pluto's Housewarming 	Animator
1947 	Figaro and Frankie 	Animator
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Animator - uncredited"Bongo": Effects animation - uncredited
1950 	Cinderella 	Animator - uncredited
1951 	Lucky Number 	Effects animator
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Effects animator
1951 	No Smoking 	Effects animator
1951 	Bee on Guard 	Effects animator
1952 	Donald Applecore 	Effects animator
1952 	Two Chips and a Miss 	Effects animator
1952 	Let's Stick Together 	Effects animator
1952 	Teachers are People 	Effects animator
1952 	Pluto's Party 	Effects animator
1952 	Pluto's Christmas Tree 	Effects animator - uncredited
1953 	Peter Pan 	Effects animator
1953 	For Whom the Bulls Toil 	Effects animator
1953 	How to Dance 	Effects animator
1954 	Casey Bats Again 	Effects animator
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	Assistant animator - uncredited
1955-1979	The Magical World of Disney 	AnimatorHimself: "Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair" (1964)"Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (1965)
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Character animator
1960 	Goliath II 	Character animator
1961 	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Character animator
2008 	Walt & El Grupo 	Self - Interviewee
2015 	Walt Before Mickey 	Technical advisor
==Characters animated==
File:Diablo.png|Diablo(Sleeping Beauty)
==Imagineering==
*Jungle Cruise - character design
*Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room - character design (birds and flowers)
*Carousel of Progress - character design
*Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln - character design
*Ford Magic Skyway - character design
*Pirates of the Caribbean - character design
*The Haunted Mansion - character design
*Hall of Presidents - character design
==Gallery==
WEDCrew.0.jpg|A 1965 group photograph of Disney artists in the WED parking lot in Glendale, California, from left to right: Herbert Ryman, Ken O'Brien, Collin Campbell, Marc Davis, Al Bertino, Wathel Rogers, Mary Blair, T. Hee, Blaine Gibson, X. Atencio, Claude Coats, and Yale Gracey.
Walt disney and blaine gibson.jpg
Blaine gibson and walt looking over models.jpg
Harriet burns with Blaine Gibson at Pirates tribute.jpg|Gibson with colleague and friend Harriet Burns.
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Category:Pinocchio
Category:Alice in Wonderland
Category:Fantasia
Category:Song of the South
Category:Fun and Fancy Free
Category:Cinderella
Category:Peter Pan
Category:Lady and the Tramp
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Category:101 Dalmatians
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