Director

Don DaGradi

Directing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 5837

IMDb ID: nm0196119

Known for: Directing

Born: March 1, 1911

Died: August 4, 1991

Age: 80

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1941 - 1997

Years active: 57

Average TMDB rating: 6.65

Wikidata: Q444392

Also known as

Donald DaGradi • Donald Da Gradi • Don Da Gradi

Frequent jobs

Layout (9)Screenplay (6)Layout Supervisor (2)Animation (1)Art Direction (1)Matte Painter (1)Production Designer (1)Sequence Artist (1)

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Biography

Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. - Wikipedia

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