Wolfgang Reitherman

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Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985), sometimes credited or casually referred to as Woolie Reitherman, was a German-American by-hand animator, director and producer. As a member of the "Nine Old Men" at Walt Disney Productions, Woolie was known for his action-oriented animation sequences. Born in Munich, in the time of the German Empire, Reitherman relocated to the United States with his family as a toddler, in 1911. He attended Pasadena Junior College, and briefly worked afterwards as a draftsman for Douglas Aircraft Company. Desiring a career in visual arts, Reitherman then studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. On the advice of an art instructor, Reitherman applied as an animator for Walt Disney Productions. Reitherman animated on several Silly Symphonies cartoon shorts. He next animated the Slave in the Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Monstro in Pinocchio (1940), and the climactic dinosaur fight in Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" segment of...

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