华特·迪士尼(Walt Disney,1901年12月5日—1966年12月15日),全名华特·埃利亚斯·迪士尼(Walter Elias Disney),又译沃尔特·迪斯尼,出生于美国伊利诺州芝加哥,美国着名动画大师、企业家、导演、製片人、编剧、配音演员、卡通设计者、举世闻名的迪士尼公司创始人,也是一位受美国人民热爱和怀念的长者。
1931年,泰尼柯勒(Technicolor)公司发明了一种彩色电影拍摄技术。华特开始考虑拍摄彩色动画。并利用这种技术在1932年7月30日,推出了世界上第一部彩色动画《花与树》(Flowers and Trees)。同年,为了对华特·迪士尼创作出米奇表示感谢,电影艺术与科学学院授予华特奥斯卡特别奖。1933年,华特推出动画《三只小猪》(Three Little Pigs)。同年12月19日,华特的第一个女儿黛安·玛丽·迪士尼(Diane Marie Disney)出生。1934年6月9日,华特推出动画短片《聪明的小母鸡》(The Wise Little Hen),唐老鸭第一次出现。1935年2月23日,华特推出第一部彩色米奇动画《米奇音乐会》(The Band Concert)。1936年12月31日,华特的第二个女儿莎伦·梅·迪士尼(Sharon Mae Disney)出生(实际为迪士尼在1937年一月莎伦出生两周的时候领养)。迪士尼
黄金时代
1937年12月21日,华特在好莱坞卡塞剧院(Carthay Circle Theater)正式推出了影史上第一部长篇动画电影《白雪公主与七个小矮人》(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)。
1946年11月12日,华特还推出了製片厂第一部真人与动画结合的电影《南方之歌》(Song of the South)。,在这个期间华特也为美国政府拍摄了不少宣传影片。
二战结束后,很多当年参军的员工回到片场,帮助华特製作影片。1950年2月15日,迪士尼推出了一部长篇动画《仙履奇缘》 ,从这开始,华特的动画製作进入黄金时期。在接下来的十多年里,华特推出了《小飞侠》、《小姐与流浪汉》、《睡美人》、《101忠狗》、《森林王子》(The Jungle Book)等多部脍炙人口的影片。1950年7月19日,华特推出了迪士尼第一部真人电影《金银岛》。在1964年8月29日,华特还推出了真人与动画结合由朱莉·安德鲁斯主演的电影《欢乐满人间》(Mary Poppins),这也是影史上迪士尼成就最高的电影。,华特也开始在电视上播出《迪士尼奇妙世界》(The Wonderful World of Disney)。
What ever you do,do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.
6、谎言不断地成长,直到它和你脸上的鼻子一样清晰。
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.
7、你如果只把眼光放在小孩身上,那你也别想混了!大人说穿了就是长大后的小孩。
You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
8、我们拍电影不是为了赚钱,而是为了赚钱拍更多的电影。
We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.
9、我只希望人们不要忘记一件事,那就是一切都开始于一只老鼠。
I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
10、如果你相信一件事,那幺就永远相信它,永远不要怀疑。
If you believe in something, believe it forever and never doubt it.
11、我一生中的所有逆境,所有的烦恼和障碍,都使我更加坚强。
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.
12、如果你不知道一些伟大的故事和诗歌,你一辈子都会是一个贫穷的人。
You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.
13、过去可能会伤害人,但在我看来,你要幺逃避,要幺从中学习。
The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
14、一个好故事可以带你踏上一段美妙的旅程。
A good story can take you on a fantastic journey.
15、决定赢与输的关键往往在于你有没有放弃。
The key to winning or losing is often whether you give up or not.
16、你越喜欢你自己,你就会和别人越来越不一样——而那将会使你变得特别。
The more you like yourself, the more different you will be from others - and that will make you special.
17、我们坚持每一分钱都是为了让人们真正对娱乐领域的全新而独特的东西感兴趣,这不是什幺秘密。
It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.
18、不管你做什幺,把它做好吧,好到人们会想要再看你做一次,甚至邀其他人来看你究竟做得多好。
Whatever you do, do it well, so that people will want to see you do it again, or even invite others to see how well you are doing.
19、如果敢于梦想,你就能够成功。
If you can dream it, you can do it.
20、我总是看向生活中乐观的那一面。
I always look to the optimistic side of life.
21、想要让事情有个起头,只要停止说话,然后开始做事就好了。
To get things started, just stop talking and start doing things.
Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
23、我爱米奇胜过爱我认识的任何女人。
I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.
24、无论你的心多幺悲伤,只要你继续相信,你所希望的梦想就会实现。
No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.
25、我们今天所处的时代是一个梦想成真的时代。
The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true.
Life is made up of many bright and dark sides, and we may become hypocritical and insincere because we want to package or pretend that the dark side does not exist.
27、你越喜欢你自己,你就越不像别人,而这会使你与众不同。
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
29、全世界最珍贵的资源存在于孩子的心智当中。
The most precious resource in the world exists in children's minds.
30、输赢的区别往往是,不放弃。
The difference in winning & losing is most often, no quitting.
31、得到一个好主意并坚持下去。好好研究一下,直到一切顺利。
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right.
Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
34、我一路上都在和强大的竞争对手作战,若是少了对手反而会不知所措。
I've been fighting against powerful rivals all the way, and I'd be at a loss if I had fewer rivals.
35、你可以梦想、创作、设计和建造世界上最奇妙的地方。可是,这些梦想都需要人的努力才能成真。
You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world...but it requires people to make the dream a reality.
36、做不可能的事情是一种乐趣。
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
37、对那些伤害你的人最好的回应不是报复,而是努力让自己过得更好。
The best response to those who hurt you isn't revenge, but doing your best to have a better life.
38、动画提供了一种讲故事和视觉娱乐的媒介,可以给世界各地的各个年龄段的人们带来快乐和信息。
Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
40、欢笑声不会停,想像力不会老,梦想永不停歇。
Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever.
41、如果你用尽全力做到最好了,为什幺要担心?
Why worry? If you do your best.
42、如果我们有勇气去追求,我们所有的梦想都可以成为现实。
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
43、快乐是一种心态,它取决于你看待事物的方式。
Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.
44、如果你有勇气去追求梦想,你所有的梦想都能实现。
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
45、只要幻想存在于这个世界,迪士尼乐园就永远不会完工。
Disneyland will never be completed, as long as there is imagination left in the world.
46、生活一如童话,或许你所需的只是信念。
For life to be a fairytale, perhaps all you need is to believe.
个人生活
华特·迪士尼的父亲是伊利亚斯·迪士尼(Elias Disney)是一名爱尔兰裔加拿大人,母亲是弗罗拉·考尔·迪士尼(Flora Call Disney)是德美混血。华特有三个哥哥和一个妹妹,分别为大哥赫伯特·迪士尼(Herbert Disney)、二哥雷蒙德·迪士尼(Raymond Disney)、三哥洛伊·奥利佛·迪士尼(Roy Oliver Disney)和妹妹露斯·弗洛拉·迪士尼(Ruth Disney)。华特·迪士尼