Bill Roberts

1899–1974 · Kentucky, USA

Biography

Bill Roberts (August 2, 1899 – March 18, 1974) was an American artist and film director. He worked as a magazine illustrator in New York, before joining the Disney Organization in 1932. He is best known for directing Pinnochio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941), and The Three Caballeros (1944).

Visual effects 21

1930s

1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Animation
80
1937
Clock Cleaners
Animation
73
1936
Mother Pluto
Animation
Donald and Pluto
Animation
Alpine Climbers
Animation
Three Little Wolves
Animation
69
Mickey's Polo Team
Animation
1935
Pluto's Judgement Day
Animation
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Animation
The Robber Kitten
Animation
1934
The Dognapper
Animation
Mickey Plays Papa
Animation
Gulliver Mickey
Animation
69
The Big Bad Wolf
Animation
68
The Grasshopper and the Ants
Animation
69
1933
Old King Cole
Animation
Father Noah's Ark
Animation
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Animation
1932
Babes in the Woods
Animation
65
Bugs in Love
Animation
King Neptune
Animation

Directed 19

1950s

1955
A World Is Born
Director

1940s

1947
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Director
Fun and Fancy Free
Director
66
1946
The ABC of Hand Tools
Director
1944
The Three Caballeros
Director
72
The Flying Gauchito
Director
The Cold-blooded Penguin
Director
The Amazon Awakens
Director
1943
Reason and Emotion
Director
1942
Lake Titicaca
Director
Saludos Amigos
Director
64
Bambi
Co-Director
80
1941
Dumbo
Director
81
1940
Fantasia
Director
84
The Rite of Spring
Director
Pinocchio
Director
84

1930s

1939
Society Dog Show
Director
67
1938
Brave Little Tailor
Director
73
Mickey's Parrot
Director

Other crew 1

1940s

1941
Dumbo
Sequence Supervisor
81