WALT DISNEY 1901 1966 ARTIST AND FILM PRODUCER DISNEY WALT 1901 1966 TECHNOLOGY ARTS TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY WALT DISNEY WAS BORN IN CHICAGO BUT HE GREW UP ON A FARM IN MISSOURI IN 1917 HE RETURNED TO CHICAGO TO ATTEND ART SCHOOL IN 1923 AFTER FINISHING HIS STUDIES HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES WHERE HE OPENED A STUDIO AND EXPERIMENTED WITH DRAWING MOVING CARTOONS IN 1928 HE INTRODUCED HIS MOST FAMOUS CHARACTER MICKEY MOUSE IN STEAMBOAT WILLIE THE FIRST CARTOON WITH SOUND FROM 1929 UNTIL 1939 HE PRODUCED A SERIES OF FULL COLOR CARTOONS INTRODUCING DONALD DUCK GOOFY AND OTHER POPULAR CHARACTERS IN 1937 HE RISKED ALL HIS MONEY ON THE FIRST FULL LENGTH CARTOON FILM SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS WHICH ENJOYED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS DISNEY PRODUCED MANY OTHER CARTOON FILMS INCLUDING PINOCCHIO 1940 BAMBI 1942 CINDERELLA 1950 ALICE IN WONDERLAND 1951 PETER PAN 1953 AND SLEEPING BEAUTY 1959 DURING WORLD WAR II DISNEY MADE TRAINING FILMS FOR THE GOVERNMENT LATER IN HIS CAREER HE MADE MOVIES WITH LIVE ACTORS INCLUDING TREASURE ISLAND 1950 AND MARY POPPINS 1964 IN THE 1950S DISNEY EXPANDED INTO TELEVISION AND AMUSEMENT PARKS OPENING DISNEYLAND IN CALIFORNIA IN 1955 AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1966 OTHER AMUSEMENT PARKS FEATURING DISNEY'S CHARACTERS WERE BUILT IN FLORIDA 1971 TOKYO 1983 AND PARIS 1992
