Who is Walt Disney?
In 1964 Walt Disney had reached the pinnacle of his career , leading the entertainment and film industry-even to this day.
Many have watched his hilarious films and yet don’t have a clue about the creator of such art.
So who is Walt Disney ?
In 1901 Elias and Flora gave birth to Walt- in Chicago .
Farming was the source of income for the Disney family. Elias later joined a
newspaper company in Kansas city.
At the age of 9 Walt joined his father in the newspaper company and
started distributing newspapers
.
In Kansas city Walt befriended one boy –who fancied going to
movies. The love for movies was kindled in Walt’s heart but he decided to do more,
to pursue a career in film.
In June 1917 Walt
graduated from the 7th grade of Betten school ,after graduation he got a job
as a newspaper distributor.
At 15 he started doing cartoon images for local newspapers. In
his pursuit of service he ended up serving in the red cross during German
amnesty.
Back in Kansas city
Walt decided to pursue his dream of
being an artist. He met a highly talented young mean named Abby .
The two started a little company of their own but the
revenue was so small to earn a living from , hence they got employment at
Kansas City Film Ad Service.
At Kansas City Film Ad Service Walt was introduced to
animated film-cartoons.
With a borrowed camera Walt started making cartoons of his
own from the back yard and he called them Laugh –o –grams .He signed a contract
with Pictorial clubs. The 20 year old was
about to earn his first 11 100 dollars.
Alice’s Wonderland was a breaking ground for Walt
,unfortunately not much sales where made
because the distributor closed down .Walt was left bankrupt. July 1923
he sold his camera and he was out of
business. He moved to Hollywood where he
sought to be hired as a director-which was but a challenge.
October 15 , in new York city he met another distributor Magret Winglee ,
who offered to assist sell his films.
Together with his brother Roy they bought another 200 dollar
camera and started shooting more cartoons .
The Disney brothers made a name for themselves in 1926 when they
started animating a rabbit named Oswald
and later mickey mouse.
1932 –Flowers and trees was published in color images.
Walt grabbed the first Oscar award ever to be won for
cartoon. The man had already proved to be heading far and hence he send his
animators for training .
1937- Walt had a resounded success in the cartoon Snow white.
December 1937 holly wood turned out for a cartoon Walt had
made. To prove this outstanding work ,Walt received a special academic award in 18 December 1937.
This is the story of a man who made a decision to change the
entertainment industry and has build a empire known through out the whole world
,the Disney Empire.
Author
Munetsi Zunguzira.
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