Visual Effects
Wolfgang Reitherman
- Born
- Jun 26, 1909 · Aged 75
- Died
- May 22, 1985
- Place of birth
- Munich, Germany
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 7
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 22
Also known as (2)
- Wooly Reitherman
- Woolie Reitherman
Biography
Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985) was a German-American animator and filmmaker. He began working for Disney in 1934, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts, including The Band Concert, Music Land, and Elmer Elephant and in all, Reitherman worked on various Disney feature films produced from 1937 to 1981, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Slave in the Magic Mirror) to The Fox and the Hound (co-producer). He did the climatic dinosaur fight in Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of…
