
Wolfgang Reitherman
- Visuelle Effekte
- 26. Juni 1909 · Munich, Germany
- 22. Mai 1985
Biografie
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 Dalmatians, "Woolie", as he was called by friends, served as Disney's chief animation director. One of Reitherman's productions, the 1968 short Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He also served as a producer and sequence director, and starred as himself in the 1941 feature film The Reluctant Dragon. All three of Reitherman's sons — Bruce, Richard and Robert — provided voices for Disney characters, including Mowgli in The Jungle Book, Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, and Wart in The Sword in the Stone. Reitherman directed several Disney animated feature films including, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970),Robin Hood (1973) and The Rescuers (1977). He is also known for reusing animation in movies directed by him. According to Floyd Norman, this was just one of his trademarks, and had nothing to do with time or cost savings: "Woolie was our director on The Jungle Book. Reuse was just Woolie’s thing. He never did it to save money. I really don’t think the “Old Guard” ever had any interest in saving money. I was never a big fan of reuse, but it wasn’t my place to tell these old guys what to do. One final thought. It never seemed to bother Walt, and I never heard him complain about reuse."
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Selbst
- Das Making Of von Pinocchio: Auf der Leinwand zum Leben erweckt · Selbst
- Die Pixar Story · Selbst
- From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men · Selbst
- Mickey, les J.O. rigolos · Regie
- Walt Disney Kostbarkeiten: Goofys gesammelte Geschichten · Regie
- Cap und Capper · Koproduktion
- From Fantasia to Fantasyland · Selbst
- Halloween Hall o' Fame · Animation
- Bernard & Bianca - Die Mäusepolizei · Regie, Produktion
- Die vielen Abenteuer von Winnie Puuh · Produktion, Regie
- Winnie Puuh und Tigger dazu · Produktion
- Robin Hood · Regie, Produktion
- Goofys lustige Olympiade · Regie
- Aristocats · Regie, Produktion
- Winnie Puuh - Das Hundewetter · Regie
- Das Dschungelbuch · Regie
- Winnie Puuh und der Honigbaum · Regie
- Winnie the Pooh · Idee
- Merlin und Mim · Regie
- The Hunting Instinct · Regie
- Der Freizeitkapitän · Regie
- Holiday for Henpecked Husbands · Regie
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Regie
- Pongo und Perdita · Regie
- Goliath II · Regie
- Donald in Mathmagic Land · Regie
- The Truth About Mother Goose · Regie
- Goofy, der Abenteurer · Regie
- Goofys Weg zum Ruhm · Regie
- Susi und Strolch · Animation, Animation Director
- A Story of Dogs · Selbst
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Regie
- Ben und Ich · Animation
- Peter Pans heitere Abenteuer · Animation, Animation Director
- Alice im Wunderland · Animation
- Cinderella · Animation Director
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Animation
- Die Abenteuer von Ichabod und Taddäus Kröte · Animation Director
- Goofy's Gymnastik · Animation
- Das Tennismatch · Animation
- Micky und die Bohnenranke · Animation
- Fröhlich, frei, Spaß dabei · Animation Director
- How to Ride a Horse · Animation
- Wie man Angelt · Animation
- Goofy's Schwimmschule · Animation
- Drei Caballeros im Sambafieber · Animation
- El Gaucho Goofy · Animation
- Dumbo · Animation Director
- Der Drache wider Willen · Animation
- Fantasia · Animation
- Pinocchio · Animation, Animation Director
- Donalds Cousin Franz · Animation
- Goofy und Wilbur · Animation
- Die Polarforscher · Animation
- Kurzbesuch bei Onkel Donald · Animation
- Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge · Animation
- Die Uhrenreiniger · Animation
- Urlaub auf Hawaii · Animation
- Mickey's Review · Animation
- Der Windewurm · Animation
- Umzugstag · Animation
- Elmar Elefant · Animation
- Broken Toys · Animation
- Cock o' the Walk · Animation
- Music Land · Animation
- Mickys Löschzug · Animation
- Water Babies · Animation
- Mickys Platzkonzert · Animation
- Micky's Autowerkstatt · Animation
- Micky im Wilden Westen · Animation
- Der Raub der Frühlingsgöttin · Animation
- Die kluge kleine Henne · Animation
- Im Tal der Osterhasen · Animation











