John Lounsbery
Born: 1911-03-09 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: 1976-02-13
Known For: Visual Effects
Biography
From Wikipedia. John Lounsbery was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Colorado. He attended East Denver High School and the Art Institute of Denver. While attending the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles, an instructor sent him to interview with Walt Disney. Lounsbery was hired by Disney on July 2, 1935, beginning as an assistant animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He went on to work on numerous other short features in the 1940s, while continuing to serve as part of the animating team on nearly all of Disney's most famous feature-length animated films. In the 1970s, he was promoted to director and directed Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! and co-directed The Rescuers. John Lounsbery died on February 13, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, of heart failure during cardiac surgery, aged 64. At the time of his death, he was working on the The Rescuers and still directing at the Walt Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 1989.
Filmography
2009
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached as Himself (Archive Footage)
2007
- The Pixar Story as Self (archive footage)
1977
- The Rescuers ... (Director)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ... (Director)
1974
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too ... (Director)
1973
- Robin Hood ... (Animation)
1970
- The Aristocats ... (Animation)
1968
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ... (Animation)
1967
- The Jungle Book ... (Animation Director)
1964
- Mary Poppins ... (Animation)
1963
- The Sword in the Stone ... (Animation)
1961
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians ... (Animation)
- Aquamania ... (Animation)
1960
- Goliath II ... (Animation Director)
1959
- Sleeping Beauty ... (Animation)
1955
- Lady and the Tramp ... (Animation)
1954
1953
- Peter Pan ... (Animation)
1952
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion ... (Animation)
1951
- Alice in Wonderland ... (Animation)
1950
- Cinderella ... (Animation Director)
1949
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad ... (Animation)
1948
- Melody Time ... (Animation)
1947
- Fun and Fancy Free ... (Animation Director)
- Mickey and the Beanstalk ... (Animation)
1946
- Song of the South ... (Animation Director)
- Peter and the Wolf ... (Animation)
- Make Mine Music ... (Animation)
1945
- The Legend of Coyote Rock ... (Animation)
- Canine Patrol ... (Animation)
1944
- The Three Caballeros ... (Animation)
- Springtime for Pluto ... (Animation)
1943
- Victory Through Air Power ... (Animation)
- Chicken Little ... (Animation)
- Private Pluto ... (Animation)
1941
- Dumbo ... (Animation)
1940
- Pinocchio ... (Animation)
- Fantasia ... (Animation)
- Donald's Dog Laundry ... (Animation)
- Bone Trouble ... (Animation)
1939
- The Pointer ... (Animation)
- Officer Duck ... (Animation)
- Society Dog Show ... (Animation)
1938
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ... (Animation)