Ward Kimball

個人簡介

While Kimball was a brilliant draftsman, he preferred to work on comical characters rather than realistic human designs. Animating came easily to him and he was constantly looking to do things differently. Because of this, Walt Disney called Ward a genius in the book The Story Of Walt Disney. While there were many talented animators at Disney, Ward's efforts stand out as especially unique.Kimball created several classic Disney characters including the Crows in Dumbo; Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland; the Mice and Lucifer the Cat from Cinderella; and Jiminy Cricket fromPinocchio. He also animated the famous "Three Caballeros" musical number from the Disney film of the same name.In 1953, Kimball became a director and was responsible for the Academy Award-winning short Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, and three Disney television shows about outer space that put the United States into the space program. He received anAcademy Award for the short animated cartoon It's Tough to Be a Bird.Ward Kimball was profiled by the Academy Award-winning producer Jerry Fairbanks in his Paramount Pictures film short series Unusual Occupations. This 35mm Magnacolor film short was released theatrically in 1944 and focused on Kimball's backyard railroad and full sized locomotive.Kimball was also a jazz trombonist. He founded and led the seven-piece Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, in which he played trombone. The band made at least 13 LP records and toured clubs, college campuses and jazz festivals from the 1940s to early 1970s. Kimball once said that Walt Disney permitted the second career as long as it did not interfere with his animation work.Kimball continued to work at Disney up until the early 1970s, working on the Disney anthology television series, being one of the writers for Babes in Toyland, creating animation for Mary Poppins, directing the animation for Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and working on titles for feature films such as The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin and Million Dollar Duck. His last staff work for Disney was producing and directing the Disney TV show The Mouse Factory. He continued to do various projects on his own, even returning to Disney to do some publicity tours. Additionally, Kimball worked on an attraction for Disney's EPCOT Center called The World Of Motion.

生日

1914年03月04日

其他稱謂

Ward Walrath Kimball

Ward Kimball的電影作品

年份	電影	職務
2022	米奇: 傳奇誕生飾演 Self (archive footage)	飾演 Self (archive footage)
2019	阿波羅任務飾演 Self - Disney Animator (archive footage)	飾演 Self - Disney Animator (archive footage)
2010	喚醒睡美人飾演 Self (archive footage)	飾演 Self (archive footage)
2007	彼思的故事飾演 Ward Kimball (archive footage)	飾演 Ward Kimball (archive footage)
2006	Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies Animation	Animation
2004	Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 飾演 Ward Kimball (archive footage) (uncredited)	飾演 Ward Kimball (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003	Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.4 Scenario Writer	Scenario Writer
1988	Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town 飾演 Self	飾演 Self
1964	歡樂滿人間 Animation	Animation
1955	太空漫談導演監製 Writer 飾演 Self	導演監製 Writer 飾演 Self
1953	小飛俠 Animation Animation Director	Animation Animation Director
1951	愛麗絲夢遊仙境 Animation	Animation
1950	仙履奇緣 Animation Director	Animation Director
1949	伊老師與小蟾蜍大歷險 Animation Animation Director	Animation Animation Director
1948	旋律時光 Animation	Animation

1947	米奇與魔豆 Animation Director	Animation Director
1944	西班牙三紳士 Animation	Animation
1942	無敵浩克幫 Animation	Animation
1941	小飛象 Animation	Animation
1941	歡迎光臨迪士尼片廠 Animation 飾演 Ward Kimball	Animation 飾演 Ward Kimball
1940	幻想曲 Animation	Animation
1940	木偶奇遇記 Animation Animation Director	Animation Animation Director
1938	雪姑七友 Animation	Animation
1936	小象艾瑪 Animation Production Assistant	Animation Production Assistant
1935	龜兔賽跑 Animation Production Assistant	Animation Production Assistant