Disney Family Museum: Milt Kahl
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Milt Kahl, one of Walt Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men”, was born in San Francisco, California, in 1909. At 25, Milt joined the Walt Disney Studios and spent the next 42 years drawing and animating for Walt Disney.
Never completing a formal art education, his talents were observed by other Disney illustrators and animators such that Disney placed Milt in charge of the most difficult assignments. Over the years, Milt helped bring to life “Pinocchio”, “Peter Pan”, “Alice” of Alice in Wonderland, the “Prince” in Sleeping Beauty, and worked on full feature animated classics “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad”, “Cinderella”, “101 Dalmatians” and “The Jungle Book” among others.
Milt Kahl retired from Disney in 1976 and pasted away in 1987.
In 1989, Milt Kahl was posthumously named a Disney Legend.
-Floyd Bishop
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On May 30th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Thanks an absolute TON for posting this biography of Milt. I’m a guy who loves Milt’s personality and philosophy - and strangely enough, i’m not that big of a Disney fan. Most of the Disney movies i can do without, but i learned to love all that was Milt Kahl from the stories i have read about him(some by way of Richard Williams) and the sketches he left behind.
He has a great quote to his credit, in fact, its beyond “great”. For me it is the quintessential statement on animation as an art form and I’ve even memorized it over the years.
I’ve posted it here
http://tinyurl.com/2ukzsx
^almost every single misstep, ill conceived notion, dangerous bout of bravado, and blunder can be rectified by that statement.
There are so many people in this industry who fail to grasp what an animator is, and Milt Kahl spells it out right there. Drawing is merely part of the equation.
Thanks again Floyd.