Wolfgang Reitherman

Wolfgang Reitherman

Known for

Visual Effects

Born

June 26, 1909

Birthplace

Munich, Germany

Died

May 22, 1985 (aged 75)

Biography

Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985) was a German-American animator and filmmaker. He began working for Disney in 1934, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts, including The Band Concert, Music Land, and Elmer Elephant and in all, Reitherman worked on various Disney feature films produced from 1937 to 1981, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Slave in the Magic Mirror) to The Fox and the Hound (co-producer). He did the climatic dinosaur fight in Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in Fantasia, the Headless Horseman chase in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" section in The Adventures of Icha...

Best known work

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Cinderella
Cinderella
1950
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
1967
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
1940
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
1953
Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp
1955
The Aristocats
The Aristocats
1970
Dumbo
Dumbo
1941

Filmography

  1. 2009

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 2009

  3. 2007

    The Pixar Story

    as Self (archive footage)

  4. 2005

  5. 2005

  6. 2002

  7. 1981

  8. 1978

  9. 1977

  10. 1977

    The Rescuers

    Director, Producer

  11. 1977

  12. 1974

  13. 1973

    Robin Hood

    Director, Producer

  14. 1972

  15. 1970

    The Aristocats

    Director, Producer

  16. 1968

  17. 1967

  18. 1966

  19. 1966

    Winnie the PoohTV

    Creator

  20. 1963

  21. 1962

  22. 1961

    Aquamania

    Director

  23. 1961

  24. 1961

  25. 1961

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