Joe Grant

Writing

Joe Grant

Born 1908-05-15 · 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 legend. He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He co-wrote Dumbo. He also led development of Pinocchio and Fantasia. During World War II, Grant worked on war cartoons including the Academy Award winning Der Fuehrer's Face. He left the Disney studio in 1949 and ran a ceramics business and a greeting card business but returned in 1989 to work on Beauty and the Beast. He also worked on Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Fantasia 2000, and Pixar's Monsters, Inc. among others. The last two films he worked on before his death, Chicken Little and Pixar's Up, were dedicated to him. Grant worked four days a week at Disney until he died, nine days before his 97th birthday. Grant's final project, Lorenzo, for which he conceived the idea and helped storyboard, received an Academy Award nomination in 2005. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

The Pixar Story poster
7.5

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

The Pixar Story

2007

Fan Fan poster
NR

The Japanese emperor's son, Hanki Pan (Francis Carpenter) is in love with beautiful Fan Fan (Virginia Lee Corbin) and is determined to marry her, even though his father has decreed that he shall wed the Ancient and Honorable Lady Shoo, an ugly hag.

Fan Fan

1918

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' poster
7.3

From all the cartoons Walt Disney and his team create a full length feature film fun and fancy free . Learn the story of how ww2 Changed bongo and the rest of the cartoons . How Edgar burgan got to play himself and his puppets.

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

1997

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6.0

Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, for the night. He is given something from Mrs. Hawkins. The squire discovers it's a map showing the location of the treasure buried by someone named Flint. Jim overhears how the squire is planning to retrieve the treasure and feels inspired by it ...

Treasure Island

1917

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached poster
6.0

Documentary focusing on the making-of the 1940n adaptation of Pinocchio by the Disney studio, often considered the artistic pinnacle of the Disney feature.

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

2009

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story poster
NR

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

1989

The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born poster
7.0

The making of this classic Disney masterpiece about the life of a young faun. Includes archive footage of Walt Disney and his team of animators.

The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born

1994

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature poster
8.0

Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia.

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

2000

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo poster
NR

The making of Dumbo (1941).

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo

2010

Jack and the Beanstalk poster
5.0

Jack exchanges his cow for some magic beans. The beans grow overnight into a beanstalk, which Jack climbs, arriving at a castle that is his. Jack sets a deal with the giant in exchange for their fortune.

Jack and the Beanstalk

1917

A Conversation with Joe Grant poster
9.0

A interview with Joe Grant.

A Conversation with Joe Grant

2004

Behind the camera

Dumbo poster
7.0

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

Dumbo

1941

Saludos Amigos poster
5.8

A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and Argentina's pampas to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, your international traveling companions are none other than those famous funny friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. They keep things lively as Donald encounters a stubborn llama and "El Gaucho" Goofy tries on the cowboy way of life....South American-style.

Saludos Amigos

1942

Three Little Wolves poster
6.6

Two little pigs cry wolf on their brother and then an actual wolf comes.

Three Little Wolves

1936

The Grasshopper and the Ants poster
6.5

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

The Grasshopper and the Ants

1934

Der Fuehrer's Face poster
6.9

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. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.

Der Fuehrer's Face

1943

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi poster
6.9

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

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

1943

Reason and Emotion poster
6.5

A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.

Reason and Emotion

1943

The Spirit of '43 poster
5.0

Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.

The Spirit of '43

1943

Pedro poster
6.4

Pedro, a small airplane from Chile, engaging in his very first flight to pick up air mail from Mendoza, with near disastrous results.

Pedro

1943