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Director

Samuel Armstrong

Directing

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

5

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.2

Low visibility

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 5691

IMDb ID: nm0035899

Known for: Directing

Born: February 5, 1893

Died: September 29, 1976

Age: 83

Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1937 - 1959

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 7.12

Wikidata: Q3471034

Also known as

Sam Armstrong

Frequent jobs

Director (4)Co-Director (1)Background Designer (1)Layout Supervisor (1)

Biography

Samuel Armstrong was an American animation director. Armstrong was an American animator and director best known for his work at Walt Disney Studios. He co-directed segments of the animated classics Fantasia (1940), including "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" and "Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria," and Dumbo (1941). Armstrong's innovative contributions to animation helped shape the early successes of Disney's feature films.