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Joe Grant
Writer 1908 - 2005

Joe Grant

New York City, New York, USA

Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 – May 6, 2005) was an American artist and writer. 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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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Mulan

Mulan

Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook 1998 1h 28m 7.8

To save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroes in the process.

Pocahontas

Pocahontas

Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel 1995 1h 21m 7.0

History comes gloriously to life in Disney's epic animated tale about love and adventure in the New World. Pocahontas is a Native American woman whose father has arranged for her to marry her village's best warrior. But a vision tells her change is coming, and soon she comes face to face with it in the form of Capt. John Smith.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske 1951 1h 15m 8.1

Disney version of Lewis Carroll's Children's story. Alice becomes bored and her mind starts to wander. She sees a white rabbit who appears to be in a hurry. She chases it into its burrow and then a most bizarre series of adventures begins.

Education for Death

Education for Death

Clyde Geronimi 1943 10m 6.5

A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.

Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos

Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson 1942 42m 5.4

Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles with a stubborn llama; and in "Aquarela do Brasil," Jose Carioca shows Donald the sights and sound of Rio de Janeiro

Der Fuehrer's Face

Der Fuehrer's Face

Jack Kinney 1942 8m 6.5

A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory.

Dumbo

Dumbo

Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson 1941 1h 4m 7.8

Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.

Fantasia

Fantasia

Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson 1940 2h 4m 8.3

Fantasia is the adventurous 1940 experiment from Disney. The film sets Disney animated characters to classical music as Mickey Mouse uses his magic wand to set broom stick to dancing in one of the more famous elaborate scenes. The film was ground breaking in it’s usage of animation and music and is still considered a masterpiece decades later.

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