John Lounsbery

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John Lounsbery
Born	John Mitchell Lounsbery (1911-03-09)March 9, 1911 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	February 13, 1976(1976-02-13) (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Animator
Known for	One of Disney's Nine Old Men

John Mitchell Lounsbery (March 9, 1911 – February 13, 1976) was an American animator who worked for Walt Disney Productions. He is best known as one of Disney's Nine Old Men, of which he was the shortest lived as well as the first to die.

Life and career[]

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Colorado. He attended East Denver High School and the Art Institute of Denver. While attending the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, an instructor sent him to interview with Walt Disney.

Lounsbery was hired by Disney on July 2, 1935, beginning as an assistant animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He went on to work on numerous short features in the 1940s while continuing to serve as part of the animating team on nearly all of Disney's most famous feature-length animated films. In the 1970s, he was promoted to director and directed the short film Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) and The Rescuers (1977).

Lounsbery died on February 13, 1976. At the time of his death, he was working on The Rescuers and still directing at the Walt Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 1989 and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Filmography[]

External links[]

• John Lounsbery at IMDb
• Disney Legends profile