William Cottrell

William Cottrell

Known for

Writing

Born

November 19, 1906

Birthplace

South Bend, Indiana, USA

Died

December 22, 1995 (aged 89)

Biography

“Born 1906 South Bend, Ind., of English parents. Learned to speak English in 1910. Went abroad in 1920. Sentenced to salt mines in Siberia for soaping royal wind shield of Czar Nicholas’ carriage. Escaped to California in 1923. Attended Occidental College in 1920. Awarded consistent freshman medal 1926, ‘27, ‘28, which included a paid vacation at Lincoln Heights, the third year. Two years behind the crank at Disney’s camera and has never been in focus yet.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily

Bill Cottrell, nicknamed “Uncle Bill” by his colleagues, was the first president of what is today known as Walt Disney Imagineering, the design and development arm of th...

Best known work

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
1940
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
1953
The Three Caballeros
The Three Caballeros
1944
Saludos Amigos
Saludos Amigos
1942
The Naked City
The Naked City
1948
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare
1935
Thru the Mirror
Thru the Mirror
1936
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon
1941

Filmography

  1. 1955

    Music Land

    Writer

  2. 1953

  3. 1952

  4. 1951

  5. 1948

    The Naked City

    as Bisbee (Uncredited)

  6. 1944

  7. 1942

  8. 1942

  9. 1941

  10. 1940

    Pinocchio

    Adaptation

  11. 1938

  12. 1938

  13. 1938

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Sequence Supervisor, Director

  14. 1936

  15. 1936

  16. 1936

  17. 1936

  18. 1936

    Three Little Wolves

    Storyboard, Screenplay

  19. 1935

  20. 1935

  21. 1935

  22. 1935

  23. 1935

  24. 1935

  25. 1934

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