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Don DaGradi

Don DaGradi

Director · 1911–1991 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. - Wikipedia

Directed 9

1950s

  1. 1950

    The Brave Engineer

    Layout

1940s

  1. 1947
  2. 1945

    Hockey Homicide

    Layout

  3. Duck Pimples

    Layout

  4. 1944
  5. How to Be a Sailor

    Layout

  6. 1943

    Victory Vehicles

    Layout

  7. Der Fuehrer's Face

    Layout

  8. 1942

Wrote 8

1970s

  1. 1971
  2. Scandalous John

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1968
  2. 1966

    Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

    Screenplay

  3. 1964

Visual effects 4

1990s

  1. 1992

    Goofy at the Olympic Games

    Animation

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1955

    Music Land

    Layout Supervisor

  3. 1954

    Two for the Record

    Layout Supervisor

Produced 1

Art department 1

Other crew 1

Edited 1

1970s

  1. 1977

    Halloween Hall o' Fame

    Colorist