Joe Grant

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-05-15 (97 years old)

Deathday

2005-05-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Joe Grant

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 t...

Acting

2007

2009

1994

The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born

as Self - Story Artist, Walt Disney Feature Animation

2010

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo

as Himself (archive footage)

1917

Treasure Island

as Undetermined child role (uncredited)

1917

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Undetermined child role (uncredited)

Production

1941

Dumbo

as Screenplay

1943

1943

1942

1943

1935

Broken Toys

as Characters

1936

More Kittens

as Story

1936

2004

Lorenzo

as Writer

1946

Make Mine Music

as Production Executive

1933

1936

Three Little Wolves

as Storyboard

1936

1935

1943

Pedro

as Writer

1938

1936

Three Little Wolves

as Screenplay

1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

as Character Technical Supervisor

1991

Beauty and the Beast

as Visual Development

1940

Pinocchio

as Characters

1940

Fantasia

as Story

2009

Up

as In Memory Of

2005

Chicken Little

as In Memory Of

2007

The Pixar Story

as In Memory Of

1994

The Lion King

as Character Designer

1994

The Lion King

as Visual Development

1942

1998

Mulan

as Story

1995

Pocahontas

as Story

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