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Bill Cottrell is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Co-Director and Sequence Supervisor American born on 19 november 1906

Bill Cottrell

Bill Cottrell
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Birth name William H. Dennis Cottrell
Nationality USA
Birth 19 november 1906
Death 22 december 1995 (at 89 years)

William H. Dennis Cottrell dit Bill Cottrell est un scénariste et imagineer américain né le 16 novembre 1906 à South Bend (Indiana) et décédé le 22 mars 1995 à Burbank (Californie, États-Unis).

Il était le second mari d'Hazel Cottrell (née Bounds, Sewell par son premier mariage), sœur de Lillian Disney (née Bounds), elle-même épouse de Walt Disney.

Biography

En 1929, il entre aux Studios Disney comme cadreur puis rejoint le montage avant de poursuivre au département des scénarios.

Il travaille sur plusieurs longs métrages comme réalisateur de séquences ou au scénario.

En 1941, il suit Walt Disney durant son périple en Amérique du Sud.

En 1952, il devient le président de WED Enterprises, une société privée directement détenue par Walt Disney et chargée de la construction du parc à thèmes Disneyland mais développe aussi la série télévisée Zorro.

De 1964 à 1982, il est le président de Retlaw Enterprises, le holding privé de la famille Disney.

En 1994, il est nommé une Disney Legends.

Best films

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
(Director)
Pinocchio (1940)
(Adaptation)
Peter Pan (1953)
(Story)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
(Story)
The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
(Storyboard)

Usually with

Walt Disney
Walt Disney
(31 films)
Wilfred Jackson
Wilfred Jackson
(19 films)
Clarence Nash
Clarence Nash
(15 films)
Hamilton Luske
Hamilton Luske
(17 films)
Frank Churchill
Frank Churchill
(15 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bill Cottrell (34 films)

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Actor

Julius Caesar, 2h
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical, Peplum
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien, Greer Garson
Roles Cinna
Rating71% 3.597783.597783.597783.597783.59778
Caius Julius surnommé Caesar, ambitieux leader politique, est déterminé à devenir dictateur. Il est accueilli en triomphe dans Rome lors de la célébration des Lupercales. Les sénateurs (et en particulier Cassius), face à la réaction de la foule, en viennent à le considérer comme une menace pour Rome. Mais la popularité dont jouit César rend difficile tout complot contre lui.
The Naked City, 1h36
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Noir, Crime
Actors Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Ted de Corsia, David Opatoshu, James Gregory
Roles Bisbee (Uncredited)
Rating74% 3.746963.746963.746963.746963.74696
In the late hours of a hot New York summer night, a pair of men subdue and kill Jean Dexter, an ex-model, by knocking her out with chloroform and drowning her in her bathtub. When one of the murderers, conscience-stricken, gets drunk, the other kills him, then lifts his body into the air and throws it into the East River.

Director

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1h23
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Dave Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Cottrell, Perce Pearce
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'une plante, Films about royalty
Actors Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Roy Atwell
Rating75% 3.7922953.7922953.7922953.7922953.792295
Snow White is a lonely princess living with her stepmother, a vain and wicked Queen. The Queen fears that Snow White's beauty surpasses her own, so she forces Snow White to work as a scullery maid and asks her Magic Mirror daily "who is the fairest one of all". For several years the mirror always answered that the Queen was, pleasing her.

Scriptwriter

Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1953)
, 1h16
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Pirate films, Mermaids in film, Les fées, Musical films, Films about disabilities, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Margaret Kerry, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Paul Collins
Roles Story
Rating72% 3.648283.648283.648283.648283.64828
Set in London, circa 1900, George and Mary Darling's preparations to attend a party are disrupted by the antics of their boys, John and Michael, acting out a story about Peter Pan and the pirates, told to them by their older sister, Wendy. Their father, who is fed up with the stories that have made his children less practical, angrily declares that Wendy has gotten too old to continue staying in the nursery with them, and it's time for her to grow up and have a room of her own. That night, they are visited in the nursery by Peter Pan himself, who teaches them to fly with the help of his pixie friend, Tinker Bell, and takes them with him to the island of Never Land.
The Little House, 7minutes
Directed by Wilfred Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Sterling Holloway
Roles Adaptation
Rating74% 3.717053.717053.717053.717053.71705
Une petite maison a été construite un peu isolée sur une colline à la campagne. Mais l'urbanisation la rattrape... Par chance une famille décide de la démonter et la rebâtir à la campagne.
Alice in Wonderland, 1h15
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Musical films, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton
Roles Story
Rating72% 3.6479653.6479653.6479653.6479653.647965
On a golden spring day at the bank of a tranquil river, a young 12-year-old girl named Alice grows bored listening to her older 19-year-old sister read aloud from a history book of William I of England. When her sister chastises Alice's daydreaming, Alice tells her kitten Dinah that she can live in a nonsensical magical land called Wonderland. While daydreaming, Alice spots a waistcoat-wearing White Rabbit passing by, exclaiming that he is "late for an important date". Alice gives chase and follows him into a rabbit hole, and falls into a large furnished hole. Her dress catches her fall like a parachute and she floats gently down. She sees the White Rabbit disappear into a tiny door and tries to follow, but the door's talking knob advises her to alter her size using a mysterious bottle marked "Drink Me." The contents shrink her to a fraction of her normal size, but the door is locked and the key is out of reach. She then takes a bite of a cookie that says “Eat Me” and grows large enough to fill the entire room. She begins to weep large tears that flood the room. The doorknob then tells Alice to drink from the bottle again, which causes her to shrink once more. Alice falls into the bottle and passes through the door's keyhole and into Wonderland. She meets several strange characters including the Dodo and Tweedledee and Tweedledum who recount the tale of "The Walrus and the Carpenter".
Melody Time, 1h15
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Roy Rogers, Dennis Day, Frances Langford, Bob Nolan, Pinto Colvig, Bobby Driscoll
Rating61% 3.0518853.0518853.0518853.0518853.051885
Mélodie Cocktail a pour maître de cérémonie un masque ayant la voix de Buddy Clark. Chacune des séquences, dont le titre s'anime grâce à un pinceau sur une partition de musique, est chantée par un artiste des années 1940-50.
Little Toot, 19minutes
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Rating69% 3.48513.48513.48513.48513.4851
Les Andrews Sisters chantent l'histoire d'un petit bateau, qui, voulant ressembler à son père, rencontre bien des ennuis.
The Three Caballeros, 1h12
Directed by Harold Young, Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Bullfighting films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Carmen Molina, Aurora Miranda, Pinto Colvig, Georg Thomalla, Frank Graham
Roles Story
Rating63% 3.1503353.1503353.1503353.1503353.150335
Donald Duck reçoit en cadeau d'anniversaire une énorme boîte. Il y découvre un projecteur cinématographique, des bobines de films, un livre et un disque. Elles contiennent des souvenirs et informations sur l'Amérique du Sud et le Mexique qui lui permettent de retrouver ses amis José Carioca et Panchito Pistoles, un coq vêtu en charro.
Victory Through Air Power, 1h5
Directed by Hal Roach, H. C. Potter, Charles Monroe Schulz, Clyde Geronimi, Fred Moore, Franklin Thomas, James Algar, Perce Pearce, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary, Animation
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Children's films
Actors Art Baker
Rating64% 3.235263.235263.235263.235263.23526
Le fait débute par un rappel historique. Il évoque les controverses liées au Général William Mitchell, pionnier de l'aviation militaire entre 1919 et 1936, année de sa mort. Il militait pour le développement d'une aviation ayant des bombardiers, mais sa hiérarchie croyait en la supériorité de la marine de guerre. En 1925, il fut même rétrogradé comme colonel.
Saludos Amigos, 42minutes
Directed by Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Norman Ferguson, Frank Graham, Clarence Nash, Franklin Thomas
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.9951052.9951052.9951052.9951052.995105
Ce long métrage raconte le voyage d’agrément, en Amérique du Sud, d'un groupe d’artistes des studios Disney, dont Walt Disney lui-même. Le film comprend quatre courts métrages reliés par des documentaires en prises de vues réelles.
The Reluctant Dragon, 1h12
Directed by Ub Iwerks, Alfred L. Werker, Ford Beebe, Hamilton Luske, Erwin Verity, Jack Cutting, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant, Clarence Nash, Billy Lee, Frank Faylen
Rating66% 3.3467753.3467753.3467753.3467753.346775
L'humoriste Robert Benchley visite les studios Disney pour essayer de vendre à Walt Disney une idée pour un film d'animation : l'histoire du « Dragon récalcitrant ».
Pinocchio
Pinocchio (1940)
, 1h28
Directed by Norman Ferguson, Thornton Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Films about cats, Films about insects, Les fées, Adaptations de Pinocchio, Musical films, Films about toys, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un cétacé, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Charles Judels
Roles Adaptation
Rating74% 3.7431653.7431653.7431653.7431653.743165
After singing the film's signature song "When You Wish Upon a Star", Jiminy Cricket explains that he is going to tell a story of a wish coming true. His story begins in the Tuscany workshop of a woodworker named Geppetto. Jiminy watches as Geppetto finishes work on a wooden marionette whom he names Pinocchio (a name his cat Figaro and fish Cleo both dislike). Before falling asleep, Geppetto makes a wish on a star that Pinocchio would be a real boy. During the night, a Blue Fairy visits the workshop and brings Pinocchio to life, although he still remains a puppet. She informs him that if he proves himself brave, truthful, and unselfish he will become a real boy and assigns Jiminy to be his conscience.
Wynken, Blynken & Nod, 8minutes
Directed by Graham Heid
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Roles Storyboard
Rating66% 3.3380653.3380653.3380653.3380653.338065
Trois bébés nommés Wynken, Blynken et Nod s'envolent dans la nuit étoilée dans leur sabot-voilier. Amarrés à un nuage, ils essayent d'attraper une étoile-poisson mais s'accrochent eux-mêmes avec les hameçons de leur canne à pêche. Une comète les approche de très près et en revenant les percute. Le bateau-sabot fonce dans un énorme nuage endormi qui, en se réveillant, le pousse d'une douce brise vers un autre nuage. Ainsi de suite, la brise devient tempête qui renvoie les bébés sur terre, le voilier devenant un berceau. Les bébés redeviennent alors un seul bébé endormi dans son berceau.
Moth and the Flame, 7minutes
Directed by Burton Gillett, Dave Hand, Dick Huemer
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about insects, Children's films
Roles Storyboard
Rating66% 3.3221853.3221853.3221853.3221853.322185
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