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'''Walt Disney''' (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was America's iconic [[cartoon]] entrepreneur and a pioneer in the film and theme park industries. He was the founder of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. Walt Disney was not only an artist, but he also hired several of the most talented animators and performers of his day. In politics, since around the year 1940, Walt Disney was socially a prominent [[conservative]] [[Republican]], and even had a bumper sticker supporting [[Barry Goldwater]] on his golf cart during the opening of Walt Disney World.
'''Walt Disney''' (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was America's iconic [[cartoon]] entrepreneur and a pioneer in the film and theme park industries. He was the founder of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. Walt Disney was not only an artist, but he also hired several of the most talented animators and performers of his day. In politics, since around the year 1940, Walt Disney was socially a prominent [[conservative]] [[Republican]], and even had a bumper sticker supporting [[Barry Goldwater]] on his golf cart during the opening of Walt Disney World.
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. Eight 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]]'', and ''[[Mary Poppins]]''.
==Life and times==
==Life and times==