Joe Grant

Joe Grant

Born: May 15, 1908
Died: May 6, 2005
in New York City, New York, USA
Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 – May 6, 2005) was an American artist and writer. Born in New York City, New York, he worked for The Walt Disney Company as a character designer and story artist beginning in 1933 on the Mickey Mouse short, "Mickey's Gala Premiere". He was a Disney legend. He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He co-wrote Dumbo. He also led development of Pinocchio and Fantasia. During World War II, Grant worked on war cartoons including the Academy Award winning Der Fuehrer's Face. He left the Disney studio in 1949 and ran a ceramics business and a greeting card business but returned in 1989 to work on Beauty and the Beast. He also worked on Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Fantasia 2000, and Pixar's Monsters, Inc. among others. The last two films he worked on before his death, Chicken Little and Pixar's Up, were dedicated to him. Grant worked four days a week at Disney until he died, nine days before his 97th birthday. Grant's final project, Lorenzo, for which he conceived the idea and helped storyboard, received an Academy Award nomination in 2005.

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Movies for Joe Grant...

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Title: Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 22, 2010
Type: Movie
The making of Dumbo (1941).
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The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Title: The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: March 10, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary focusing on the making-of the 1940n adaptation of Pinocchio by the Disney studio, often considered the artistic pinnacle of the Disney feature.
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The Pixar Story
Title: The Pixar Story
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
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The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Title: The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Character: Himself
Released: November 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia.
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The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Title: The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
From all the cartoons Walt Disney and his team create a full length feature film fun and fancy free . Learn the story of how ww2 Changed bongo and the rest of the cartoons . How Edgar burgan got to play himself and his puppets.
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The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
Title: The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
Character: Self - story artist, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Released: June 2, 1994
Type: Movie
The making of this classic Disney masterpiece about the life of a young faun. Includes archive footage of Walt Disney and his team of animators.
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It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Title: It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.
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Treasure Island
Title: Treasure Island
Character: Undetermined child role (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1917
Type: Movie
Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, for the night. He is given something from Mrs. Hawkins. The squire discovers it's a map showing the location of the treasure buried by someone named Flint. Jim overhears how the squire is planning to retrieve the treasure and feels inspired by it ...
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Title: Jack and the Beanstalk
Character: Undetermined child role (uncredited)
Released: July 30, 1917
Type: Movie
Jack exchanges his cow for some magic beans. The beans grow overnight into a beanstalk, which Jack climbs, arriving at a castle that is his. Jack sets a deal with the giant in exchange for their fortune.