Wolfgang Reitherman

Wolfgang Reitherman

American animator and film director
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Wolfgang Reitherman
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Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German-American animator, director, and producer who was one of the Nine Old Men of core animators at Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS). Reitherman emerged as a key figure at WDAS in the 1960s and 1970s, a transitionary period which saw the death of Walt Disney and the onset of the studio's "Bronze Era", with Reitherman serving as director and/or producer on 8 consecutive Disney animated feature films from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) through The Fox and the Hound (1981).

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Wolfgang Reitherman was born on Saturday, 26 June 1909 in Munich, Germany. He was best known as an animation professional. Reitherman's country of citizenship (nationality) was German. He died on Wednesday, 22 May 1985 in Burbank, California, U.S. at the age of 75. He had dark brown hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Cancer.

You can find people similar to Wolfgang Reitherman by visiting our lists American animated film directors and Walt Disney Animation Studios people.

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Wolfgang Reitherman is known for his role in the TV series Nature (1982) as dedicated to (1 episode, 1986).

He is also known for his role in the short Mickey's Circus (1936) as animator.

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