Walt Disney Research Paper

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Walt Disney has done so many wonderful things. He created our favorite cartoons growing up, most famously Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald and Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. He set a record for being nominated for 59 Academy Awards and won 22 awards. Now let me tell you a little bit more about the man who made our childhood. Walt was born on December 5th, 1901 in Chicago. He moved around a lot when he was young. He began taking lessons art at Kansas City Institute and then Chicago Art Institute. He first got his start in writing and drawing when he became his schools cartoonist. But, he wasn’t always an artist. When World War I began Walt dropped out of school and tried to enlist in the army. He got rejected because he was underage, but in 1918 …show more content…
Disney studios then created the successful “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit” which was distributed Universal Pictures. Although, because of Universal being in control, Walt was not able to profit from Oswald. He rejected the offer from Universal and this was when he created Mickey Mouse, who was originally named Mortimer Mouse. He won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject for “Flowers and Trees” and a special award for Mickey Mouse.
Walt began working on his biggest project yet. He wanted to create a full length film of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The film took nearly three years to complete and was released in 1937 after the company ran out of money, but received 8 million dollars. Walt also said that he didn’t make films for the critics but for the general public. When he was told that his productions were corny he responded with this, “All right. I’m corny. But I think there’s just about a-hundred-and-forty-million people in this country that are just as corny as I am.” After the success of Snow White, Walt went on to create other films such as Pinocchio, Bambi, and many more of our favorite childhood