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 Self (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)
- The Coyote's Lament ... (Animation)
1960
- Goliath II ... (Animation Director)
1959
- Sleeping Beauty ... (Animation)
1955
- Lady and the Tramp ... (Animation)
1954
- The Disneyland Story as Self
1953
- Peter Pan ... (Animation)
- Ben and Me ... (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)
- So Dear to My Heart ... (Animation)
1947
- Fun and Fancy Free ... (Animation Director)
- Mickey and the Beanstalk ... (Animation)
1946
- Song of the South ... (Animation Director)
- Make Mine Music ... (Animation)
- Peter and the Wolf ... (Animation)
1945
- The Legend of Coyote Rock ... (Animation)
- Canine Patrol ... (Animation)
1944
- The Three Caballeros ... (Animation)
- Springtime for Pluto ... (Animation)
1943
- Chicken Little ... (Animation)
- Private Pluto ... (Animation)
- Victory Through Air Power ... (Animation)
1941
- Dumbo ... (Animation Director)
1940
- Pinocchio ... (Animation)
- Fantasia ... (Animation)
- Bone Trouble ... (Animation)
- Donald's Dog Laundry ... (Animation)
1939
- Officer Duck ... (Animation)
- Society Dog Show ... (Animation)
- The Pointer ... (Animation)
1938
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ... (Animation)