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Walter Walt Disney 's Life

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Walter Elias Disney
Walter Elias Disney was a film producer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and one of the first innovators for animation. He invented and was the founder Disneyland, an enormous theme park for family and friends of any age. These two theme parks are still popular and known throughout the entire world. He is known as a legend to the world.

Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, Illinois. His father was Elias Disney and his mother was Flora Call Disney. Walt Disney has three brothers and a was also a cartoonist for his school. Later on, at the age of 16, Walter decided to join the army, but, because of his young age, Walter was rejected. However, Walter joined the Red Cross and was sent to France to drive an ambulance for the following year.

When Walt Disney returned from France in 1919, he moved back to Kansas City to achieve his career as a newspaper artist. Soon, Walt 's brother, Roy, found him a job at the Pesmen Rubin Art Studio, and there he had a chance to meet up with the cartoonist, Ub Iwerks. Afterwards, Walter started working at the Kansas City Film Ad Company. He made commercials based on cutout animation while working there. During this time, Walter started experimenting with a camera and did hand drawn animation. His love for animation and for drawing came to a conclusion to open up his own business as an animator.

In 1923, Walt Disney finally opened up his own animation studio and recruited his colleague from the

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