Milt Kahl

Milton Erwin "Milt" Kahl was an American animator for the Disney studio, and one of Disney's Nine Old Men.
Kahl is often considered the finest draughtsman of the Disney animators. He would often refine the characters sketches from Bill Peet with the ideas of Ken Anderson. For many years the final look for the characters in the Disney films were designed by Kahl, in his angular style inspired by Ronald Searle and Picasso. He is revered by contemporary masters of the form, such as James Baxter, Andreas Deja, and Brad Bird, who was his protégé at Disney in the 60's. In the behind-the-scenes feature "Fine Food and Film" shown on the Ratatouille DVD, Bird referred to Kahl as "tough", but in a gentle way, as he often gave Bird advice on where he could improve in animation whenever he came up short.
In the book The Animator's Survival Kit, the author Richard Williams makes repeated references and anecdotes relating to Kahl. The centenary of Kahl's birth is being honored by the Academy on April 27, 2009, with a tribute entitled "Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo" and featuring Brad Bird as a panelist.
==Credits==
*Mickey's Circus: Mickey Mouse
*Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Forest Animals, The Prince, the dwarfs dancing with Snow White
*Pinocchio: Pinocchio, Pinocchio as a real boy, some scenes of Jiminy Cricket, Gepetto in the Monstro chase sequence
*Bambi: Adult Bambi, Adult Flower, Adult Thumper
*Saludos Amigos: Donald rides a Llama sequence
*Tiger Trouble: Tiger
*Make Mine Music: Grace Martin, Teenagers
*Song of the South: Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Bear, and Br'er Fox (The Tar Baby sequence)
*Fun and Fancy Free: Lulubelle, Lumpjaw
*Melody Time: Johnny Appleseed, Johnny's Guardian Angel, Pecos Bill, Slue Foot Sue
*The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Water Rat, Mole, Angus MacBadger, Brom Bones
*Cinderella: Fairy Godmother, The King, The Grand Duke, Prince Charming
*Alice in Wonderland: Alice, Dodo, Flamingo, Caterpillar (one scene with Alice)
*Peter Pan: Peter Pan, Wendy Darling, John Darling, Michael Darling, Mr. Darling
*Lady and the Tramp: Tramp, Lady, Trusty, Beaver
*Sleeping Beauty: Prince Philip, King Hubert (his scene with Philip), King Stefan, Samson, Goons, Forest Animals
*One Hundred and One Dalmatians: Roger and Anita, Pongo (scenes with Roger)
*Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Ludwig Von Drake
*The Sword in the Stone: Sir Ector, Sir Kay, Madam Mim, Merlin, Wart (a.k.a King Arthur), Archimedes
*The Jungle Book: Shere Khan, Kaa, Mowgil, Baloo, Bagheera, King Louie, Vulture, Rocky
*The Aristocats: O'Malley the Alley Cat, Edgar, Georges Hautecourt, Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, and Duchess
*Robin Hood: Robin Hood, Maid Marian, The Sheriff of Nottingham, Little John, Alan-a-Dale (the rooster)
*The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Tigger
*Bedknobs and Broomsticks: King Leonidas
*The Rescuers: Penny, Brutus, and Nero, Madame Medusa (who was based on his ex-wife), and Mr. Snoops
Note: At the time these films were produced, it was common for one animator to animate every character in the shot.
== Characters Animated ==
1936-cirque-2.jpg|Mickey Mouse
Prince.jpg|The Prince
Forestanimals.jpg|Forest Animals
Pinocchio-disneyscreencaps com-1825.jpg|Pinocchio
Pinocchio-disneyscreencaps.com-5533.jpg|Jiminy Cricket
Pinocchio-pinocchio-4960011-960-720.jpg|Geppetto
P40.jpg|Bambi, Thumper, and Flower as adults
Lake Titicaca - Boy and Llama.jpg|Llama from Lake Titicaca
TIGERTROUBLEpride.jpg|Raja
Mmm-martins-and-coys-3.jpg|link=Grace Martin|Grace Martin
41609.jpg|Teenagers
Lulubelle.gif|link=Lulubelle|Lulubelle
Cliplumpjaw.gif|link=Lumpjaw|Lumpjaw
Johnnyappleseed.JPG|Johnny Appleseed
Johnnyangel.jpg|Johnny's Angel
Pecosbill.jpg|Pecos Bill
Sluefootsue.jpg|Slue-Foot Sue
Iceraichabodmrtoad2318.jpg|Angus MacBadger
Iceraichabodmrtoad4128.jpg|Brom Bones
Cinderella-disneyscreencaps com-5723.jpg|The King and The Grand Duke
Cinderella-disneyscreencaps com-5261.jpg|Fairy Godmother
Cinderella-disneyscreencaps com-6140.jpg|Prince Charming
Dodo-2.jpg|Dodo
Alice-disneyscreencaps com-7568.jpg|Alice at the croquet party
Peter is flying through the skies.jpg|Peter Pan
Peter-pan-disneyscreencaps.com-1915.jpg|Wendy Darling, John Darling, and Michael Darling
Tramp-disneyscreencaps com-5220.jpg|Lady and Tramp
Profile - Trusty .jpeg|link=Trusty|Trusty
Sleeping-disneyscreencaps com-4435.jpg|Prince Phillip and King Hurbert
101-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps.com-321.jpg|Pongo
101dalmatians 152.jpg|Roger Radcliffe and Anita Radcliffe
1963-goose-06.jpg|Professor Von Drake
Merlin.jpg|Merlin
Sword-disneyscreencaps.com-8773.jpg|Arthur Pendragon
Sword-disneyscreencaps com-339.jpg|Sir Kay
Sword-disneyscreencaps com-1661.jpg|Sir Ector
Sword-disneyscreencaps com-7051.jpg|Madam Mim
Profile - Baloo.jpeg|Baloo
Junglebook020.jpg|Bagheera
Junglebook-disneyscreencaps com-347.jpg|Mowgli
Junglebook-disneyscreencaps com-6617.jpg|Kaa
Junglebook-disneyscreencaps com-3449.jpg|King Louie
Junglebook-disneyscreencaps com-5757.jpg|Shere Khan
Junglebook-disneyscreencaps com-8029.jpg|Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and Dizzy
Jb-con-01.jpg|Rocky the Rhino(deleted)
Winniethepooh-disneyscreencaps com-3830.jpg|Tigger
Aristocats-disneyscreencaps com-97.jpg|Edgar
Aristocats-disneyscreencaps com-433.jpg|Georges Hautecourt
Madameduchess.jpg|link=Madame Adelaide Bonfamille|Madame Adelaide Bonfamille and Duchess
Aristocats360.jpg|Thomas O'Malley
5. Frou-Frou.jpg|link=Frou Frou|Frou Frou
Robin-Hood-and-Maid-Marian-disney-couples-8266432-546-480.jpg|Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Robinhood016.jpg|Alan-A-Dale
Robinhood-disneyscreencaps com-4590.jpg|Sheriff of Nottingham
Friar Tuck Disney.jpg|Friar Tuck
Skippy-2.png|Skippy
King Richard Disney Clipart.gif|King Richard
Rescuers213.jpg|Madame Medusa
The-Rescuers-the-rescuers-5010644-1024-576.jpg|Mr. Snoops
===Miscellaneous===
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Milt Kahl Portrit.jpg|Milt Kahl caricatures himself with Robin Hood and a ventriloquist dummy resembling John Culhane, which ultimately would become Mr. Snoops in The Rescuers.
StoryofDogs miltKahl7.jpg|Kahl drawing Tramp in "A Story of Dogs".
File:SleepingBeauty1959BehindTheScenesPhoto13.jpg|Kahl animating King Hubert and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty.
Helene stanley modeling 4.JPG|Kahl sketching Helene Stanley dressed as Briar Rose alongside Marc Davis and John Lounsbery.
File:SleepingBeauty1959ProductionPhoto8.jpg|Kahl discussing the storyboard of the "Boy Meets Girl" sequence from Sleeping Beauty with Marc Davis.
1957-trucs-metiers-25.jpg|Kahl in "Tricks of Our Trade".
Milt kahl interview.JPG
==Trivia==
*Kahl's second wife, Phyllis Bounds, was the niece of Lillian Bounds, Walt Disney's wife. She would be the inspiration for his depiction of Madame Medusa.
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