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Wolfgang Reitherman
Wolfgang Reitherman
Born:
June 26, 1909
Died:
May 22, 1985
Age:
75
Nickname:
Woolie
Country:
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins.
Position in rating:
Some Facts
Retired from Walt Disney Productions in 1981.
Father of actors Bruce Reitherman, Robert Reitherman and Richard Reitherman.
Before joining Disney in 1934, he was employed as a draftsman by Douglas Aircraft.
Was part of the inner circle of Disney animators, known as the "nine old men". The other members were Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Marc Davis, Eric Larson, Ward Kimball, John Lounsbery and Les Clark.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and won the Distinguished Flying Cross, having seen action in Africa, China, India and the South Pacific.
Personal Quotes
We used to watch pictures in slow motion at night after work- sports, horse races in slow motion and all you could do was talk about it, you never could grab hold of any fixed formula but finally things came to pass. You knew the weight had to be supported all the time because from birth to death gravity is working on you.
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Everyone thought he was crazy. I mean, Phil Harris in a Rudyard Kipling film? Still, I always trusted Walt. He had a good batting average.
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[on his approach to animating fight scenes] There's that moment where the two adversaries face each other and hopefully you didn't know what was going to happen.
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Filmography
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1973
1973
1961
1960
1953
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Wolfgang Reitherman
Wolfgang Reitherman
June 26, 1909
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