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Don DaGradi

Known for directing · Born 1 March 1911 · Died 4 August 1991 · aged 80 · New York City, New York, USA

25 credits

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

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Known for

Lady and the Tramp

1955

Mary Poppins

1964

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

The Love Bug

1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968

The Love Bug

1997

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

1966

Sleeping Beauty

1959

Dumbo

1941

Scandalous John

1971

The Three Caballeros

1944

Fun and Fancy Free

1947

Art (1)

1941DumboArt DirectionFilm

Crew (1)

1961The Parent TrapSequence ArtistFilm

Directing (9)

1950The Brave EngineerLayoutFilm
1947Fun and Fancy FreeLayoutFilm
1945Hockey HomicideLayoutFilm
1945Duck PimplesLayoutFilm
1944The Three CaballerosLayoutFilm
1944How to Be a SailorLayoutFilm
1943Der Fuehrer's FaceLayoutFilm
1943Victory VehiclesLayoutFilm
1942How to FishLayoutFilm

Editing (1)

1977Halloween Hall o' FameColoristFilm

Production (1)

1959Sleeping BeautyProduction DesignerFilm

Visual Effects (4)

1992Goofy at the Olympic GamesAnimationFilm
1959Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleMatte PainterFilm
1955Music LandLayout SupervisorFilm
1954Two for the RecordLayout SupervisorFilm

Writing (8)

1997The Love BugOriginal Film WriterFilm
1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksScreenplayFilm
1971Scandalous JohnScreenplayFilm
1968The Love BugScreenplayFilm
1968Blackbeard's GhostScreenplayFilm
1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.ScreenplayFilm
1964Mary PoppinsScreenplayFilm
1955Lady and the TrampStoryFilm