John Lounsbery
An image from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, one of the productions that also features John Lounsbery.
John Lounsbery

John Lounsbery

March 9, 1911 — Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia.

John Lounsbery was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Colorado. He attended East Denver High School and the Art Institute of Denver. While attending the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles, an instructor sent him to interview with Walt Disney. Lounsbery was hired by Disney on July 2, 1935, beginning as an assistant animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He went on to work on numerous other short features in the 1940s, while continuing to serve as part of the animating team on nearly all of Disney's most famous feature-length animated films. In the 1970s, he was promoted to director and directed Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! and co-directed The Rescuers.

John Lounsbery died on February 13, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, of heart failure during cardiac surgery, aged 64. At the time of his death, he was working on the The Rescuers and still directing at the Walt Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 1989.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1937

Cinderella

Cinderella

1950

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

1967

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1951

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1940

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

1953

Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp

1955