About
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 Spring in Fantasia, the Headless Horseman chase in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" section in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, the Crocodile in Peter Pan, and Maleficent as a dragon in Sleeping Beauty (the former three he animated and the latter he directed). Beginning with 1961's One Hundred and One...
Known for
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsMovie • 1938
The AristocatsMovie • 1970
Alice in WonderlandMovie • 1951
CinderellaMovie • 1950
The Jungle BookMovie • 1967
Lady and the TrampMovie • 1955
The Fox and the HoundMovie • 1981
Peter PanMovie • 1953
PinocchioMovie • 1940
DumboMovie • 1941
The RescuersMovie • 1977
One Hundred and One DalmatiansMovie • 1961
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadMovie • 1949
The Sword in the StoneMovie • 1963
FantasiaMovie • 1940
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
Donald's Cousin GusMovie • 1939
The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohMovie • 1977
Robin HoodMovie • 1973
Saludos AmigosMovie • 1942
Fun and Fancy FreeMovie • 1947
Donald's NephewsMovie • 1938
Goofy and WilburMovie • 1939
The Reluctant DragonMovie • 1941