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Joe Grant is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Character Technical Supervisor, Animation and In Memory Of American born on 15 may 1908 at New York City (USA)

Joe Grant

Joe Grant
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 may 1908 at New York City (USA)
Death 6 may 2005 (at 96 years) at Glendale (USA)

Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 – May 6, 2005) was a Disney artist and writer.

Biography

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 Fantasia and Pinocchio.

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, Fantasia 2000, Monsters, Inc. and Mulan among others. The last film he worked on before his death, Chicken Little, was 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.

Joe Grant died of a heart attack while working at his drawing board in his studio. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Grant's wife Jenny preceded him in death in 1992 and he was survived by two daughters.

A large collection of his caricatures is owned by the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.

Lady from Lady and the Tramp was based on a pet English Springer Spaniel named Lady owned by Joe Grant, it is said by his daughter on the DVD (Lady and the Tramp) that Walt Disney thought the dog's long fur looked like a dress and suggested creating a story board featuring his dog.

Best films

The Lion King (1994)
(Visual Development)
Up (2009)
(In Memory Of)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
(Visual Development)
Pocahontas (1995)
(Story)
Chicken Little (2005)
(In Memory Of)
Mulan (1998)
(Story)

Usually with

Walt Disney
Walt Disney
(30 films)
Dick Huemer
Dick Huemer
(19 films)
Bill Cottrell
Bill Cottrell
(16 films)
Wilfred Jackson
Wilfred Jackson
(13 films)
Ward Kimball
Ward Kimball
(14 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joe Grant (41 films)

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Actor

Treasure Island
Directed by Sidney Franklin, Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Virginia Lee Corbin, Francis Carpenter, Elmo Lincoln, Charles Gorman, Violet Radcliffe, Lewis Sargent
Roles Undetermined child role (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8657652.8657652.8657652.8657652.865765
As described in a film magazine, Jim Hawkins (Carpenter) and his mother operate the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, and when they are threatened by an attack by pirates they go to the home of their friend, the squire, for the night. Mrs. Hawkins (Washington) hands the squire a package she found in a chest that was owned by Billy Bones, one of her boarders who had died. The squire discovers a map showing the location of treasure buried by someone named Flint. Jim, overhearing the squire's plans to recover the treasure, goes to sleep and dreams that he, Louise (Corbin), and a ship's crew have set out to find the gold. Long John Silver (Radcliffe), their first mate, is a crook and with some of the men plan to rob Jim and Louise of the treasure. After a fight on the island and the killing off of Long John Silver's men, Long John Silver joins Jim and his gang and through Ben Gunn (Sargent) they find the treasure. Just as Jim is about to distribute it, he wakes up.

Director

Make Mine Music, 1h15
Directed by Joe Grant, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Animation
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, Sterling Holloway, Andy Russell, Ken Darby
Rating61% 3.090873.090873.090873.090873.09087
Le film se présente comme une séance dans une salle de spectacle. Il se compose de dix séquences nommées différemment lors de leurs rééditions en dehors du long métrage :
Parade of the Award Nominees, 2minutes
Directed by Walt Disney, Joe Grant
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating59% 2.98032.98032.98032.98032.9803
Sur un chemin de campagne près d'un château et d'un moulin, Mickey est le tambour-major d'une parade. Après avoir donné un coup de sifflet, il agite son bâton pour entamer la procession en musique. Minnie est porte-drapeau. Elle est suivie de trois cochons jouant de la trompette tels des hérauts, de cinq chiens portant tambours et grosse caisse, de deux ratons qui passent le balai et d'une tortue déroulant le tapis rouge. Clarabelle y dépose des fleurs, suivie à nouveau par les trois cochons.

Scriptwriter

Lorenzo
Lorenzo (2004)
, 5minutes
Directed by Mike Gabriel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Musical, Animation
Themes Children's films
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.2473253.2473253.2473253.2473253.247325
The short opens with Lorenzo lounging on the cushion. A black cat passes by, and Lorenzo can't help but express his glee that the stray is missing his tail. He flaunts his own luxurious backside accessory, and goads the cat with expansive displays of tailery. As Lorenzo laughs the black cat casts a hex, bringing Lorenzo's tail to energetic life. Lorenzo is little more than perturbed until the tail's incessant motion begins to take its toll. The pampered cat grows both exhausted and desperate, as it becomes apparent that even the most extreme measures (such as high voltage electrocution, drowning, and being run over by a train) will not quiet his tail. At junctures the black cat appears and offers Lorenzo a knife, his intentions clear. Lorenzo resists him just as strongly as he does his tail's advances. Lorenzo is however, finally driven to capitulate and severs his own glorious tail.
Fantasia 2000, 1h15
Directed by Eric Goldberg, James Algar, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt, Hendel Butoy, Gaëtan et Paul Brizzi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Transport films, Cétacé, Films about birds, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un cétacé, Disaster films
Actors James Levine, Steve Martin, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, Penn Jillette, James Earl Jones
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5481253.5481253.5481253.5481253.548125
Cinquante-huit ans après Fantasia, ce film est composé de huit séquences illustrant huit morceaux de musique classique, interprétés pour la plupart par l'Orchestre symphonique de Chicago sous la direction de James Levine. Chaque séquence est précédée d'une courte présentation par des artistes ayant travaillé pour les studios Disney.
Mulan
Mulan (1998)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Martial arts
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Martial arts films, Films about insects, Films about dragons, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Ming-Na Wen, Lea Salonga, Eddie Murphy, Jackie Chan, B.D. Wong, Miguel Ferrer
Roles Story
Rating77% 3.8530053.8530053.8530053.8530053.853005
After the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade Han China, the Chinese emperor begins to command a general mobilization. Each family is given a conscription notice, requiring one man from each family to join the Chinese army. When Fa Mulan hears that her elderly father Fa Zhou, the only man in their family, is once more to go to war, she becomes anxious and apprehensive. She decides to deal with this herself by disguising herself as a man so that she can go to war instead of her father. When her family learns of Mulan's departure, they all become anxious. Grandmother Fa, Mulan's grandmother, prays to the family ancestors for Mulan's safety. The ancestors then order their "Great Stone Dragon" to protect Mulan. The ancestors are unaware that the statue of Great Stone Dragon failed to come to life, and that Mushu, a small dragon, is the one to go and protect Mulan.
Pocahontas
Pocahontas (1995)
, 1h21
Directed by Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, John Kassir, Russell Means, Billy Connolly
Roles Story
Rating67% 3.3529653.3529653.3529653.3529653.352965
In 1607, the Susan Constant sails to the New World from England, carrying British settlers of the Virginia Company. On board are Captain John Smith and the voyage's leader Governor Ratcliffe, who seeks large amounts of gold in the New World to assure a strong position at the British court. Along the way, the Susan Constant is caught in a North Atlantic storm, and Smith saves a young, inexperienced crewmate named Thomas from drowning. In the Powhatan tribe in the New World, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, dreads being possibly wed to Kocoum, a brave warrior whom she sees as too "serious" for her free-spirited personality. Chief Powhatan gives Pocahontas her deceased mother's necklace as a present. Pocahontas, along with her friends, the gluttonous raccoon Meeko and hot-tempered hummingbird Flit, visit Grandmother Willow, a spiritual talking willow tree, and speaks of a possibly prophetic dream involving a spinning arrow, and her confusion regarding what her "path" in life should be. Grandmother Willow then alerts Pocahontas to the arriving British.
Lady and the Tramp, 1h15
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy, Bill Thompson, Larry Roberts, Lee Millar, Verna Felton
Roles Writer
Rating72% 3.6469153.6469153.6469153.6469153.646915
On Christmas morning, 1909, in a quaint Midwestern town, Jim Dear gives his wife Darling an American cocker spaniel puppy which she names Lady. Lady enjoys a happy life with the couple and two local neighborhood dogs, Jock, a Scottish terrier, and Trusty, a bloodhound. Meanwhile, across town, a stray mutt named Tramp lives on his own, dining on scraps from Tony's restaurant and protecting his friends from the local dogcatcher. One day, Lady is saddened after her owners begin treating her rather coldly. Jock and Trusty visit her and determine that their change in behavior is due to Darling expecting a baby. While Jock and Trusty try to explain what a baby is, Tramp interrupts the conversation and offers his own thoughts on the matter, making Jock and Trusty take an immediate dislike to the stray and order him out of the yard. As Tramp leaves, he reminds Lady that "when the baby moves in, the dog moves out.
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% 3.6481553.6481553.6481553.6481553.648155
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".
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% 3.1500453.1500453.1500453.1500453.150045
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.
Der Fuehrer's Face, 8minutes
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about birds, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Roles Writer
Rating74% 3.738953.738953.738953.738953.73895
Donald rêve qu'il est un citoyen de l'Allemagne nazie, et qu'il travaille dans une usine de munitions à Nutziland, s'épuisant à répondre aux demandes exagérées du Führer. Le dessin animé montre sa journée :
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi, 10minutes
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Animation
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Children's films
Actors Art Smith
Rating70% 3.540613.540613.540613.540613.54061
The film features the story of Hans, a boy born and raised in Nazi Germany, who is bred to become a merciless soldier.
Reason and Emotion, 8minutes
Directed by Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Children's films
Actors Frank Graham
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.3851953.3851953.3851953.3851953.385195
Le spectateur entre dans le cerveau d'un homme, il y trouve deux personnages assis l'un derrière l'autre comme si le cerveau était une voiture :