華特·迪士尼(Walt Disney,1901年12月5日—1966年12月15日),全名華特·埃利亞斯·迪士尼(Walter Elias Disney),又譯沃爾特·迪斯尼,出生於美國伊利諾州芝加哥,美國著名動畫大師、企業家、導演、製片人、編劇、配音演員、卡通設計者、舉世聞名的迪士尼公司創始人,也是一位受美國人民熱愛和懷念的長者。
1931年,泰尼柯勒(Technicolor)公司發明了一種彩色電影拍攝技術。華特開始考慮拍攝彩色動畫。並利用這種技術在1932年7月30日,推出了世界上第一部彩色動畫《花與樹》(Flowers and Trees)。同年,為了對華特·迪士尼創作出米奇表示感謝,電影藝術與科學學院授予華特奧斯卡特別獎。1933年,華特推出動畫《三隻小豬》(Three Little Pigs)。同年12月19日,華特的第一個女兒黛安·瑪麗·迪士尼(Diane Marie Disney)出生。1934年6月9日,華特推出動畫短片《聰明的小母雞》(The Wise Little Hen),唐老鴨第一次出現。1935年2月23日,華特推出第一部彩色米奇動畫《米奇音樂會》(The Band Concert)。1936年12月31日,華特的第二個女兒莎倫·梅·迪士尼(Sharon Mae Disney)出生(實際為迪士尼在1937年一月莎倫出生兩周的時候領養)。迪士尼
黃金時代
1937年12月21日,華特在好萊塢卡塞劇院(Carthay Circle Theater)正式推出了影史上第一部長篇動畫電影《白雪公主與七個小矮人》(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)。
1946年11月12日,華特還推出了製片廠第一部真人與動畫結合的電影《南方之歌》(Song of the South)。另外,在這個期間華特也為美國政府拍攝了不少宣傳影片。
二戰結束後,很多當年參軍的員工回到片場,幫助華特製作影片。1950年2月15日,迪士尼再次推出了一部長篇動畫《仙履奇緣》 ,從這開始,華特的動畫製作進入黃金時期。在接下來的十多年裡,華特推出了《小飛俠》、《小姐與流浪漢》、《睡美人》、《101忠狗》、《森林王子》(The Jungle Book)等多部膾炙人口的影片。1950年7月19日,華特推出了迪士尼第一部真人電影《金銀島》。在1964年8月29日,華特還推出了真人與動畫結合由朱莉·安德魯斯主演的電影《歡樂滿人間》(Mary Poppins),這也是影史上迪士尼成就最高的電影。另外,華特也開始在電視上播出《迪士尼奇妙世界》(The Wonderful World of Disney)。
What ever you do,do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.
6、謊言不斷地成長,直到它和你臉上的鼻子一樣清晰。
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.
7、你如果只把眼光放在小孩身上,那你也別想混了!大人說穿了就是長大後的小孩。
You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
8、我們拍電影不是為了賺錢,而是為了賺錢拍更多的電影。
We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.
9、我只希望人們不要忘記一件事,那就是一切都開始於一隻老鼠。
I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
10、如果你相信一件事,那么就永遠相信它,永遠不要懷疑。
If you believe in something, believe it forever and never doubt it.
11、我一生中的所有逆境,所有的煩惱和障礙,都使我更加堅強。
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.
12、如果你不知道一些偉大的故事和詩歌,你一輩子都會是一個貧窮的人。
You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.
13、過去可能會傷害人,但在我看來,你要么逃避,要么從中學習。
The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
14、一個好故事可以帶你踏上一段美妙的旅程。
A good story can take you on a fantastic journey.
15、決定贏與輸的關鍵往往在於你有沒有放棄。
The key to winning or losing is often whether you give up or not.
16、你越喜歡你自己,你就會和別人越來越不一樣——而那將會使你變得特別。
The more you like yourself, the more different you will be from others - and that will make you special.
17、我們堅持每一分錢都是為了讓人們真正對娛樂領域的全新而獨特的東西感興趣,這不是什麼秘密。
It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.
18、不管你做什麼,把它做好吧,好到人們會想要再看你做一次,甚至邀其他人來看你究竟做得多好。
Whatever you do, do it well, so that people will want to see you do it again, or even invite others to see how well you are doing.
19、如果敢於夢想,你就能夠成功。
If you can dream it, you can do it.
20、我總是看向生活中樂觀的那一面。
I always look to the optimistic side of life.
21、想要讓事情有個起頭,只要停止說話,然後開始做事就好了。
To get things started, just stop talking and start doing things.
Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
23、我愛米奇勝過愛我認識的任何女人。
I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.
24、無論你的心多么悲傷,只要你���續相信,你所希望的夢想就會實現。
No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.
25、我們今天所處的時代是一個夢想成真的時代。
The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true.
Life is made up of many bright and dark sides, and we may become hypocritical and insincere because we want to package or pretend that the dark side does not exist.
27、你越喜歡你自己,你就越不像別人,而這會使你與眾不同。
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
29、全世界最珍貴的資源存在於孩子的心智當中。
The most precious resource in the world exists in children's minds.
30、輸贏的區別往往是,不放棄。
The difference in winning & losing is most often, no quitting.
31、得到一個好主意並堅持下去。好好研究一下,直到一切順利。
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right.
Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
34、我一路上都在和強大的競爭對手作戰,若是少了對手反而會不知所措。
I've been fighting against powerful rivals all the way, and I'd be at a loss if I had fewer rivals.
35、你可以夢想、創作、設計和建造世界上最奇妙的地方。可是,這些夢想都需要人的努力才能成真。
You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world...but it requires people to make the dream a reality.
36、做不可能的事情是一種樂趣。
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
37、對那些傷害你的人最好的回應不是報復,而是努力讓自己過���更好。
The best response to those who hurt you isn't revenge, but doing your best to have a better life.
38、動畫提供了一種講故事和視覺娛樂的媒介,可以給世界各地的各個年齡段的人們帶來快樂和信息。
Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
40、歡笑聲不會停,想像力不會老,夢想永不停歇。
Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever.
41、如果你用盡全力做到最好了,為什麼要擔心?
Why worry? If you do your best.
42、如果我們有勇氣去追求,我們所有的夢想都可以成為現實。
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
43、快樂是一種心態,它取決於你看待事物的方式。
Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.
44、如果你有勇氣去追求夢想,你所有的夢想都能實現。
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
45、只要幻想存在於這個世界,迪士尼樂園就永遠不會完工。
Disneyland will never be completed, as long as there is imagination left in the world.
46、生活一如童話,或許你所需的只是信念。
For life to be a fairytale, perhaps all you need is to believe.
個人生活
華特·迪士尼的父親是伊利亞斯·迪士尼(Elias Disney)是一名愛爾蘭裔加拿大人,母親是弗羅拉·考爾·迪士尼(Flora Call Disney)是德美混血。華特有三個哥哥和一個妹妹,分別為大哥赫伯特·迪士尼(Herbert Disney)、二哥雷蒙德·迪士尼(Raymond Disney)、三哥洛伊·奧利佛·迪士尼(Roy Oliver Disney)和妹妹露斯·弗洛拉·迪士尼(Ruth Disney)。華特·迪士尼