Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 47
Movies 47
Writer 20
self 8
Screenplay 1
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo (2010)
Up (2009)
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009)
The Pixar Story (2007)
Chicken Little (2005)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
Lorenzo (2004)
Behind the Boards on Baby Weems (2002)
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000)
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Mulan (1998)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997)
Pocahontas (1995)
The Lion King (1994)
The Making of 'Bambi' (1994)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story (1989)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Make Mine Music (1946)
The Flying Gauchito (1944)
Reason and Emotion (1943)
Pedro (1943)
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi (1943)
The Spirit of '43 (1943)
Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
Saludos Amigos (1942)
The New Spirit (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
Fantasia (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
More Kittens (1936)
Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
Thru the Mirror (1936)
Three Little Wolves (1936)
Broken Toys (1935)
Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
Mickey's Gala Premiere (1933)
Parade of the Award Nominees (1932)
Treasure Island (1917)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1908-05-15
Deathday2005-05-06 (96 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsWinsor McCay Award, Disney Legends
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