Walt Disney Animation Studios

Walt Disney Animation Studios is an American animation studio headquartered in Burbank, California. It was started on October 16, 1923 under the name, Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. In 1929, it was renamed Walt Disney Productions. On February 2, 1986, after Disney had moved into making mostly live-action movies, it was re-established as Walt Disney Feature Animation, taking on its current name in 2007. It has been known for making animated feature movies in association with Walt Disney Pictures. 

 Locations 
Walt Disney Animation Studios is headquartered in the Sorcerer's Hat building which was completed in 1995.  It is in Burbank, California close to Walt Disney Studios. The Walt Disney Studios where its original animated studio was located. Satellite studios were around the world in locations like Paris, France, Tokyo, Japan and even at Disney's Hollywood Studios, one of the four theme parks in Walt Disney World, Florida. They were all closed down by 2004 and December 24, 2022  because the 2D movies which the satellite studios made were unsuccessful what 

Characters
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and other Disney animated characters.

 Filmography 
This list includes the movies made by Walt Disney Animation Studios; originally Walt Disney Productions (1937–1985) and Walt Disney Feature Animation (1986–2007).

 Released movies 
 Movie U.S. release date Directed by Written by Based on/Inspired by Produced by Composed by as Walt Disney Productions Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs   Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Merrill De Maris, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Ted Sears & Webb Smith "Snow White" by Brothers GrimmWalt Disney Frank Churchill, Paul Smith & Leigh Harline Pinocchio   Aurelius Battaglia, Billy Cottrell, Otto Englander, Erdman Penner, Joseph Sabo, Ted Sears & Webb Smith The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Leigh Harline & Paul Smith  Fantasia  See credits Joe Grant & Dick Huemer "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe inter alia Walt Disney & Ben Sharpsteen Leopold Stokowski Dumbo  Supervising Director:Ben SharpsteenSequence Directors:Samuel Armstrong, Norman FergusonWilfred JacksonJack KinneyBill Roberts Dumbo, the Flying Elephant by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl Walt Disney Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace Bambi  Supervising Director:David HandSequence Directors:James AlgarSamuel ArmstrongGraham HeidBill RobertsPaul SatterfieldNorman Wright Chuck Couch, Carl Fallberg, Larry Morey, Mel Shaw, Vernon Stallings & Ralph Wright Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten Frank Churchill and Edward H. Plumb Saludos Amigos  Norm FergusonWilfred JacksonJack KinneyHamilton LuskeBill Roberts Homer Brightman, Joe Grant, Dick Huemer, Harold Reeves, Roy Williams & Ralph Wright original Paul Smith and Edward H. Plumb The Three Caballeros  Supervising Director:Norm FergusonSequence Directors:Clyde GeronimiJack KinneyBill RobertsHarold Young James Bodrero, Homer Brightman, Del Connell, Billy Cottrell, Bill Peet, Elmer Plummer, Ted Sears, Ernest Terrazas, Roy Williams & Ralph Wright Edward H. Plumb, Paul Smith and Charles Wolcott Make Mine Music   Clyde GeronimiJack KinneyHamilton LuskeJoshua MeadorRobert Cormack James Bodrero, Homer Brightman, Erwin Graham, Eric Gurney, T. Hee, Sylvia Holland, Dick Huemer, Dick Kelsey, Dick Kinney, Jesse Marsh, Tom Oreb, Cap Palmer, Erdman Penner, Dick Shaw, John Walbridge & Roy Williams "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Thayer & Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev inter alia Eliot Daniel, Ken Darby, Charles Wolcott, Oliver Wallace and Edward H. Plumb Fun and Fancy Free   Jack KinneyHamilton LuskeWilliam MorganBill Roberts Homer Brightman, Eldon Dedini, Lance Nolley, Tom Oreb, Harry Reeves & Ted Sears "Little Bear Bongo" by Sinclair Lewis & "Jack and the Beanstalk" by Benjamin Tabart Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith, Eliot Daniel and Charles Wolcott Melody Time   Clyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonJack KinneyHamilton Luske Ken Anderson, Homer Brightman, Billy Cottrell, Winston Hibler, Jesse Marsh, Bob Moore, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears, Art Scott & John Walbridge The life of Johnny Appleseed, Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky, "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer & Pecos Bill Eliot Daniel, Paul Smith and Ken Darby The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad   James AlgarClyde GeronimiJack Kinney Homer Brightman, Winston Hibler, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi & Ted Sears The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving Oliver Wallace Cinderella  Clyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton Luske Ken Anderson, Homer Brightman, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Joe Rinaldi & Ted Sears "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault Alice in Wonderland  Milt Banta, Del Connell, Billy Cottrell, Joe Grant, Winston Hibler, Dick Huemer, Dick Kelsey, Tom Oreb, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears & John Walbridge Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Peter Pan   Milt Banta, Billy Cottrell, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears & Ralph Wright Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Lady and the Tramp  Don DaGradiErdman PennerJoe RinaldiRalph Wright Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog & Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs by Ward Greene Sleeping Beauty  Supervising Director:Clyde GeronimiSequence Directors:Les ClarkEric LarsonWolfgang Reitherman Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright & Milt Banta "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault, "Little Briar Rose" by Brothers Grimm & The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyGeorge Bruns One Hundred and One Dalmatians   Clyde GeronimiHamilton LuskeWolfgang ReithermanBill Peet The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith The Sword in the Stone  Wolfgang Reitherman The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White The Jungle Book  Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry & Ralph Wright the Mowgli stories from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Aristocats  Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas & Ralph Wright original Winston Hibler & Reitherman Robin Hood  Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Dave Michener, Julius Svendsen & Frank Thomas The legend of Robin Hood Reitherman The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh  John LounsberyWolfgang Reitherman Ken Anderson, X Atencio, Ted Berman, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Winston Hibler, Julius Svendsen & Ralph Wright Winnie-the-Pooh book series by A. A. Milne Walt Disney & ReithermanBuddy Baker The Rescuers  John LounsberyWolfgang ReithermanArt Stevens Ken Anderson, Ted Berman, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Fred Lucky, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, Dick Sebast & Frank Thomas The Rescuers book series by Margery Sharp Reitherman and Ron W. MillerArtie Butler The Fox and the Hound  Ted BermanRichard RichArt Stevens Berman, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Earl Kress, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & Peter Young The Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. Mannix Ron W.
Miller, Wolfgang Reitherman,Stevens & Walt Disney Buddy Baker The Black Cauldron  Ted BermanRichard Rich Berman, Vance Gerry, Joe Hale, David Jonas, Roy Morita, Rich, Art Stevens, Al Wilson & Peter Young The Chronicles of Prydain book series by Lloyd Alexander Joe Hale & Ron W. Miller Elmer Bernstein as Walt Disney Feature Animation The Great Mouse Detective  Ron ClementsBurny MattinsonDavid MichenerJohn Musker Clements, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Mattinson, Michener, Bruce M. Morris, Musker, Matthew O'Callaghan, Melvin Shaw & Peter Young Basil of Baker Street book series by Eve Titus Mattinson Henry Mancini Oliver & Company  George Scribner Irene Mecchi and Jim Cox, Timothy J. Disney Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Ron Ellis Canada J. A. C. Redford The Little Mermaid John MuskerRon Clements "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen Howard Ashman & Musker Alan Menken The Rescuers Down Under  Hendel ButoyMike Gabriel Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Sampson & Joe Ranft The Rescuers book series by Margery Sharp Thomas Schumacher Bruce Broughton Beauty and the Beast  Gary TrousdaleKirk Wise Linda Woolverton "Beauty and the Beast" by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont Don Hahn Alan Menken Aladdin  John MuskerRon Clements Clements, Musker, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" from One Thousand and One Nights Musker & Clements  The Lion King  Roger AllersRob Minkoff Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts & Linda Woolverton original Don Hahn Hans Zimmer Pocahontas  Mike GabrielEric Goldberg Carl Binder, Susannah Grant & Philip LaZebnik The lives of Pocahontas and John Smith James Pentecost Alan Menken The Hunchback of Notre Dame  Gary TrousdaleKirk Wise Screenplay: Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White & Jonathan RobertsStory: Murphy Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo Don Hahn Hans Zimmer, John Powell Hercules  John MuskerRon Clements  Screenplay:  Irene Mecchi & Donald McEnery and Shirley PierceStory: Roger Allers and Rob Edwards & Omar Tyree The Greek myth of original Heracles Alice DeweyCo-executive producer:  Don Hahn Mulan  Barry CookTony Bancroft Screenplay: Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer & Eugenia Bostwick-SingerStory: Robert D. San Souci Ballad of Mulan by Guo Maoqian Pam Coats Jerry Goldsmith Tarzan  Kevin LimaChris Buck Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker & Noni White Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs Bonnie Arnold Mark Mancina Fantasia 2000  Don HahnEric GoldbergFrancis GlebasHendel ButoyJames AlgarPixote HuntThe Brizzi Brothers Screenplay: David Reynolds, Don Dougherty, Hahn, Goldberg, Irene Mecchi and The Brizzi BrothersStory: Carl Fallberg, Dougherty, Goldberg, James Capobianco, James Fujii, Kirk Hanson, Pat Ventura, Perce Pearce, Rob Gibbs, Ron Meurin, Stevie Wermers, Terry Naughton, Todd Kurosawa and The Brizzi Brothers "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Hans Christian Andersen and "Noah's Ark" Donald W. Ernst and Roy E. Disney James Levine Dinosaur  Eric LeightonRalph Zondag Screenplay: John Hanson, Robert Nelson Jacobs and Walon GreenStory: Hanson, Zondag, Jacobs, Thom Enriquez and Green original Pam Marsden James Newton Howard The Emperor's New Groove  Mark Dindal  Screenplay: David ReynoldsStory: Chris Williams & Dindal original Randy Fullmer John Debney Atlantis: The Lost Empire  Gary TrousdaleKirk Wise Screenplay: Tab MurphyStory: Wise, Trousdale, Joss Whedon, Bryce, Jackie Zabel & Murphy The legend of Atlantis Don Hahn James Newton Howard Lilo & Stitch Chris SandersDean DeBlois original Clark Spencer Alan Silvestri Treasure Planet  John MuskerRon Clements Screenplay: Clements, Musker & Rob Edwards Story: Clements, Musker, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Roy Conli, Musker & Clements James Newton Howard Brother Bear  Aaron BlaiseRobert Walker Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich & Ron J. Friedman original Chuck Williams Mark Mancina Home on the Range  Will FinnJohn Sanford Screenplay: Finn & SanfordStory: Finn, Sanford, Michael LaBash, Sam Levine, Mark Kennedy & Robert Lence Alice Dewey Goldstone Alan Menken Chicken Little  Mark Dindal Screenplay: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman & Ron AndersonStory: Dindal & Mark Kennedy "Henny Penny" Randy Fullmer John Debney as Walt Disney Animation Studios Meet the Robinsons  Stephen J. Anderson Jon A. Bernstein, Michelle Spritz, Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Aurian Redson, Joe Mateo & Anderson A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce Dorothy McKimDanny Elfman Bolt  Chris WilliamsByron Howard Dan Fogelman & Williams original Clark SpencerJohn Powell The Princess and the Frog  John MuskerRon Clements Screenplay: Clements, Musker & Rob EdwardsStory: Clements, Musker, Greg Erb, & Jason Oremland The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker & "The Frog Prince" by Brothers Grimm Peter Del VechoRandy Newman Tangled  Nathan GrenoByron Howard Dan Fogelman "Rapunzel" by Brothers Grimm Roy Conli Alan Menken Winnie the Pooh  Stephen J. AndersonDon Hall Anderson, Clio Chiang, Don Dougherty, Hall, Kendelle Hoyer, Brian Kesinger, Nicole Mitchell & Jeremy Spears  Peter Del Vecho & Clark SpencerHenry Jackman Wreck-It Ralph  Rich Moore Screenplay: Phil Johnston & Jennifer LeeStory: Moore, Johnston & Jim Reardon original Clark Spencer Frozen  Chris BuckJennifer Lee Screenplay: LeeStory: Buck, Lee & Shane Morris original Peter Del VechoChristophe Beck Big Hero 6  Don HallChris Williams Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson & Jordan Roberts Big Hero 6 by Man of Action Roy Conli Henry Jackman Zootopia  Byron HowardRich MooreCo-director: Jared Bush Screenplay: Bush & Phil JohnstonStory: Howard, Moore, Bush, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, Johnston & Jennifer Lee original Clark SpencerMichael Giacchino Moana  John MuskerRon ClementsCo-directors: Chris WilliamsDon Hall Screenplay: Jared BushStory: Clements, Musker, Williams, Hall, Pamela Ribon, Aaron & Jordan Kandell original Osnat Shurer Mark Mancina Ralph Breaks the Internet  Rich MoorePhil Johnston  Screenplay: Johnston & Pamela RibonStory: Moore, Johnston, Jim Reardon, Ribon & Josie Trinidad rowspan="2"  Clark Spencer Henry Jackman Frozen II  Chris BuckJennifer Lee Screenplay: LeeStory:  Buck, Lee, Marc E. Smith, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez Peter Del Vecho Christophe Beck Raya and the Last Dragon  Don HallCarlos López EstradaCo-directors: Paul BriggsJohn Ripa Screenplay: Qui Nguyen & Adele Lim Story: Briggs, Hall, Lim, López Estrada, Kiel Murray, Nguyen, Ripa & Dean Wellinsoriginal Osnat Shurer & Peter Del Vecho James Newton Howard  Encanto                        Jared BushByron HowardCo-director: Charise Castro Smith Screenplay: Smith & BushStory: Bush, Howard, Smith, Jason Hand, Nancy Kruse & Lin-Manuel Miranda original Yvett Merino & Clark Spencer Germaine Franco Strange World  Don HallCo-director: Qui Nguyen Nguyen Roy Conli Henry Jackman Wish   Chris BuckFawn Veerasunthorn Screenplay: Jennifer Lee & Allison MooreStory: Lee, Buck, Veerasunthorn & Moore Peter Del Vecho & Juan Pablo Reyes David Metzger Moana 2  David G. Derrick Jr.Jason HandDana Ledoux Miller Screenplay: Jared Bush & MillerStory: Bush, Miller, & Bek Smith The Film by Jared Bush Osnat Shurer Mark Mancina & Opetaia Foaʻi

 Upcoming films 

 Film Release date Directed by Written by Based on/Inspired by Produced by Composed by Zootopia 2  An unannounced film is scheduled to be released on November 25, 2026, Jared Bush Co-director: Josie Trinidad Jared Bush  Brad Simonsen 

 Achievements 
The animation studio is noted for creating a number of now-standard innovations in the animation industry, including:

 The multiplane camera (for Snow White, but first used in the Academy-award winning short "The Old Mill")
 The realistic animation of special effects and human characters (for Snow White)
 Advanced composition processes to combine live-action and animated elements using color film (for The Three Caballeros)
 The use of xerography in animation to transfer drawings to cels as opposed to ink-tracing (developed for 101 Dalmatians, but first tested in a few scenes in Sleeping Beauty and first fully used in the Academy-award nominated short Goliath II)
 The use of all-digital methods for painting, compositing, and recording animated features using the CAPS (Computer Animation Production System)

Among its significant achievements are:

 The first animated feature in Technicolor (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
 The first major motion picture in stereophonic sound (Fantasia), otherwise known as Fantasound.
 The first animated feature in CinemaScope (Lady and the Tramp)
 The first large format animated movie (the 70 mm Sleeping Beauty)
 The first Disney animated feature to use computer-generated imagery (The Black Cauldron)
 The first Disney animated feature making heavy use of CGI computer animation (Oliver & Company)
 The first Disney animated feature to use digital coloring (The Little Mermaid, which introduced Disney's CAPS process)
 The first feature movie to be shot using a 100% digital process (The Rescuers Down Under, CAPS)
 The first animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the only nominee for Best Picture to be traditionally-animated (Beauty and the Beast)
 The first Disney animated feature to gross $200 million, and the highest-grossing movie of 1992 (Aladdin)
 The highest grossing traditionally-animated (or hand-drawn) movie of all time (The Lion King)
 The largest movie premiere with over 100,000 viewers (Pocahontas)
 The most expensive animated movie ever made costing $260 million (Tangled)
 The highest number of original characters ever created for an animated movie (188 characters) (Wreck-It Ralph)

Documentary movies about Disney animation
A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (1937, short)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941, a staged "mockumentary")
Frank and Ollie (1995)
Dream On Silly Dreamer (2005)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)

 Related pages 
 The Walt Disney Company
 Disney's Nine Old Men
 Pixar
 Blue Sky Studios
 20th Century Animation
 Disney Television Animation

 References 

Notes

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