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Counted among the leading filmmakers of the 20th century, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, today one of the world's largest companies, and recognized as one of the fathers of film animation, he also created [[Disneyland]], the first in a series of theme parks; he is also known for his great skill in storytelling as a television star and one of the 20th century's most charismatic artists in the entertainment field. With his collaborators, he has created many of the world's most famous cartoon characters; one of them, the most famous, [[Mickey Mouse]].

Counted among the leading filmmakers of the 20th century, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, today one of the world's largest companies, and recognized as one of the fathers of film animation, he also created [[Disneyland]], the first in a series of theme parks; he is also known for his great skill in storytelling as a television star and one of the 20th century's most charismatic artists in the entertainment field. With his collaborators, he has created many of the world's most famous cartoon characters; one of them, the most famous, [[Mickey Mouse]].

He holds the record for the number of [[Academy Award]]s won,<ref>http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Help/Statistics?file=Gen-NomsFacts.pdf</ref> having received, over a 34-year career, for his short films and documentaries, 59 nominations and 26 awards, including three honorary ones and an [[Irving G. Memorial Award]]. Thalberg. In 1956 he won the David di Donatello for best foreign producer for ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''. Honorary Oscars were awarded to him, in the first case, for the creation of [[Mickey Mouse]];<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933</ref> in the second, for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', recognized as "a significant cinematic breakthrough that enchanted millions and pioneered a new area of entertainment in the field of cartooning";<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> and, finally, for "his astounding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in cartoons through his production of ''Fantasia''".<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> He was nominated three times for [[Golden Globes]], but received only two honorary ones, for ''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) and ''[[Living Desert]]'' (1953), as well as the [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in the same year. Nine films he produced were included in the [[Library of Congress]] being deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant": ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', ''[[The Three Little Pigs]]'', ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Fantasia]]'', ''[[Dumbo]]'', ''[[Bambi]]'', ''[[Old Yeller]]'', and ''[[Mary Poppins]]''.

He holds the record for the number of [[Academy Award]]s won,<ref>http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Help/Statistics?file=Gen-NomsFacts.pdf</ref> having received, over a 34-year career, for his short films and documentaries, 59 nominations and 26 awards, including three honorary ones and an [[Irving G. Memorial Award]]. Thalberg. In 1956 he won the David di Donatello for best foreign producer for ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''. Honorary Oscars were awarded to him, in the first case, for the creation of [[Mickey Mouse]];<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1933</ref> in the second, for ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', recognized as "a significant cinematic breakthrough that enchanted millions and pioneered a new area of entertainment in the field of cartooning";<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> and, finally, for "his astounding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in cartoons through his production of ''Fantasia''".<ref>https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150328051506/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/look-closer-recap-walt%E2%80%99s-honorary-oscars</ref> He was nominated three times for [[Golden Globes]], but received only two honorary ones, for ''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) and ''[[Living Desert]]'' (1953), as well as the [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] in the same year. 14 films he produced were included in the [[Library of Congress]] being deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant": ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', ''[[The Three Little Pigs]]'', ''[[The Old Mill]]'', ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', ''[[Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Fantasia]]'', ''[[Dumbo]]'', ''[[Bambi]]'', ''[[The Story of Menstruation]]'', ''[[Cinderella]]'', ''[[Old Yeller]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', and ''[[Mary Poppins]]''.

==Life and times==

==Life and times==