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Walt Disney

BiographiesMedia and entertainment

Animator, film producer and voice actor who introduced new methods of cartoon production; holds the records for most Academy Awards (22) and nominations (59) by one person. Died in 1966.

The Walt Disney Company

8 biographies about them

Biographies 8Profiles 1

One authorised family biography and two independent modern lives; the argument is over how much of the work was his.

Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American ImaWalt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
T1 Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
Neal Gabler · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Walt Disney's life from Missouri to Mickey Mouse, the 1941 strike and Disneyland.

“the author, Neal Gabler, who has written the best biography on Walt Disney. And it's a phenomenal book.” — Marc Andreessen

Source: The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Marc Andreessen (#163)

Recommended by: Marc Andreessen, Brian Chesky

Walt Disney: An American OriginalWalt Disney: An American Original
T2 Walt Disney: An American Original
Bob Thomas · 1976
Open LibraryGoodreads

Authorised by the family; affectionate and incomplete.

The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the AmeriThe Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life
T2 The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life
Steven Watts · 1997
Open LibraryGoodreads

Academic cultural history; Disney as the century's most effective ideologist.

The Animated Man: A Life of Walt DisneyThe Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney
T2 The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney
Michael Barrier · 2007
Open LibraryGoodreads

Animation historian's corrective, strongest on the studio craft.

Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark PrinceWalt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince
T3 Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince
Marc Eliot · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

The FBI-informant thesis; contested on sourcing but the case for the prosecution.

Walt Before MickeyWalt Before Mickey
T3 Walt Before Mickey
Timothy S. Susanin · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Walt Disney's Kansas City years, 1919-1928, and how his first company went bust.

Disney's LandDisney's Land
T3 Disney's Land
Richard Snow · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Walt Disney bet his company on building Disneyland.

Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the CrBuilding a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empire
T4 Building a Company: Roy O. Disney and the Creation of an Entertainment Empire
Bob Thomas · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

The brother who did the financing; useful counterpart.