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Ollie Johnston
Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. (October 31,1912, Palo Alto, California) is a pioneer in the field of motion picture animation. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men. Johnston attended Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Chouinard Art Institute.
He was a directing animator at Walt Disney Studios from 1935-1978. He contributed to many films including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and Pinnochio.
Johnston co-authored, with Frank Thomas, the classic reference book (ISBN 0786860707). This book helped preserve the knowledge of the techniques that were developed at the studio.
Other books
- Too Funny for Words: Disney's Greatest Sight Gags (ISBN 0896597474)
- Walt Disney's Bambi—the Story and the Film (ISBN 1556701608)
- The Disney Villian (ISBN 1562827928)
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