An animator with the Walt Disney studios in the mid 1930s, Algar directed sequences from several Disney features of the early '40s, most notably the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of Fantasia. In the '50s he began directing features in Disney's "True-Life Adventure" series, including The Living Desert and The Vanishing Prairie, and in the 1960s he produced or co-produced several Disney films, among them The Incredible Journey and The Gnome-Mobile. He also helmed many episodes of the television series "The Wonderful World Of Disney." ~ All Movie Guide
- Also Credited As:
James Nelson Algar
- Born:
June 11, 1912 in Modesto, California, USA
- Died:
February 26, 1998.
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Job Titles:
Director, Animator, Producer, Writer
Education
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Stanford University, Stanford, California, journalism, BA
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Stanford University, Stanford, California, BS
Milestones
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1935 Joined Walt Disney as an animator; spent entire career there
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1937 Did animation for Disney feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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1940 Directed The Sorcerer s Apprentice segment of Fantasia
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1942 Sequence directed for Disney animated feature, Bambi
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1953 Directed (also scripted) Oscar-winning documentaries, The Living Desert and The Vanishing Prairie
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1958 Wrote, co-produced Circarama, America the Beautiful and Circle Vision for the Brussels World Fair
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1960 Began directing and producing live- action features; produced first film, Ten Who Dared
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1969 Scripted, produced and directed many epiodes of TV series, The Wonderful World of Disney
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1975 Produced and directed feature, The Best of Walt Disney s True-Life Adventures
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Wrote, co-produced Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln for the New York World s Fair; also Hall of Presidents, Disney World, FL