John Lounsbery
Biography
From Wikipedia. John Lounsbery was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Colorado. He attended East Denver High School and the Art Institute of Denver. While attending the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles, an instructor sent him to interview with Walt Disney. Lounsbery was hired by Disney on July 2, 1935, beginning as an assistant animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He went on to work on numerous other short features in the 1940s, while continuing to serve as part of the animating team on nearly all of Disney's most famous feature-length animated films. In the 1970s, he was promoted to director and directed Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! and co-directed The Rescuers. John Lounsbery died on February 13, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, of heart failure during cardiac surgery, aged 64. At the time of his death, he was working on the The Rescuers and still directing at the Walt Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 1989.
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Movies (45)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2009
The Pixar Story
as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Rescuers
Director (Directing)
1977
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Director (Directing)
1977
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Director (Directing)
1974
Robin Hood
Animation (Visual Effects)
1973
The Aristocats
Animation (Visual Effects)
1970
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Animation (Visual Effects)
1968
The Jungle Book
Animation Director (Visual Effects)
1967
Mary Poppins
Animation (Visual Effects)
1964
The Sword in the Stone
Animation (Visual Effects)
1963
Aquamania
Animation (Visual Effects)
1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Animation (Visual Effects)
1961
Goliath II
Animation Director (Visual Effects)
1960
Sleeping Beauty
Animation (Visual Effects)
1959
Lady and the Tramp
Animation (Visual Effects)
1955
The Disneyland Story
1954
Peter Pan
Animation (Visual Effects)
1953
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Animation (Visual Effects)
1952
Alice in Wonderland
Animation (Visual Effects)
1951
Cinderella
Animation Director (Visual Effects)
1950
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Animation (Visual Effects)
1949
Melody Time
Animation (Visual Effects)
1948
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Animation (Visual Effects)
1947
Fun and Fancy Free
Animation Director (Visual Effects)
1947
Song of the South
Animation Director (Visual Effects)
1946
Peter and the Wolf
Animation (Visual Effects)
1946
Make Mine Music
Animation (Visual Effects)
1946
Canine Patrol
Animation (Visual Effects)
1945
The Legend of Coyote Rock
Animation (Visual Effects)
1945
The Three Caballeros
Animation (Visual Effects)
1944
Springtime for Pluto
Animation (Visual Effects)
1944
Chicken Little
Animation (Visual Effects)
1943
Victory Through Air Power
Animation (Visual Effects)
1943
Private Pluto
Animation (Visual Effects)
1943
Dumbo
Animation (Visual Effects)
1941
Fantasia
Animation (Visual Effects)
1940
Bone Trouble
Animation (Visual Effects)
1940
Donald's Dog Laundry
Animation (Visual Effects)
1940
Pinocchio
Animation (Visual Effects)
1940
Officer Duck
Animation (Visual Effects)
1939
The Pointer
Animation (Visual Effects)
1939
Society Dog Show
Animation (Visual Effects)
1939
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Animation (Visual Effects)
1938