Siegfried & Roy

Introduction Have you ever heard of a man who called Walt Disney? Maybe it is a name that many of us quite familiar with. Walter Elias Disney, the founder of the Walt Disney Company, who has expanded the business from filming to amusement park industry with the first Disneyland was set up at California in 1955. It is a great place bringing us lots of fun, dreams and fantasy since then. With so much attractions and excitements included in the park, there are many tourists who love to go to each…

his brother Roy Disney, who took care all of financial side of the Walt Disney Company in its early years. After personally being a cast member at Walt Disney World, I have always been inspired to teach people about the history of the Walt Disney Company. With this inspiration I am honored to award Roy Disney with The Dream Builder Award. We’ll first talk about a little history of Roy Disney and how he establish such a world renowned company. Next we will look at the legacy and impact Roy Disney…

Walt Disney once said, “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” Disney spent his whole life furthering his dream and those of the world’s children. The stories that he chose to tell focused on overcoming difficulty and fighting for a dream. Even when paired with Salvador Dali, an artist whose outlook on life focused more on inescapable death, Disney was able to turn their combined art into one that portrays the fight to achieve one’s destiny in life. The film,…

The Pursuit of Happyness Italian film director Gabriele Muccino made his grand debut into Hollywood filmmaking in 2006 when he decided to take an offer provided by Will Smith to direct The Pursuit of Happyness, the story of African-American entrepreneur Chris Gardner. In the film, Gardner is a salesman living with his five-year old son Christopher, and his wife Linda in an apartment in San Francisco. His financial troubles began after he decides to invest his entire life savings in overpriced…

Walter Elias Disney can be considered a great American hero. He was not only considered one of the best in the entertainment industry, but also an inspiration to many. Walt Disney took steps, chances, and risks to get to where he was in life. He was naturally gifted with artistic ability and creativity, and this helped him get into animation. Eventually Disney created the first animated cartoons with sound and full length animated movies. He also made some of the worlds first theme parks, which…

he didn’t have a difficult childhood. Walt was the black sheep in his family only because he was fascinated with art and would sketch animals that he would see. (Bio.com). Not everyone in his family would consider him the black sheep. His brother Roy was his closed sibling ever since they were young. They were both very supportive of each other in everything. (Cole ,pg.15). His childhood was as happy as his personal adulthood life. His adulthood helped him with his happiness and brought him…

Ponyboy is going around and telling everything about the horse that I liked Mickey Mouse. Since he is going around and telling everyone I think it’s time to tell everyone the real story. It was 5 years ago since I saw my horse Mickey Mouse. He was a rough leathered brown horse that was sold to travelers when I was 12. But that was just the base of things. Mickey Mouse was important to me. Nowadays, Darry really doesn’t see how much I loved that horse still. In fact, he doesn’t even know why I…

José Clemente Orozco was born in Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico on Nov. 23, 1883, he was a Mexican painter. He specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance. He was the most complex of the Mexican muralists. Orozco was influenced by symbolism, he was a genre painter and lithographer. He painted murals in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and states in the United States. His work is complex and often tragic. At the age of 15 he was sent away to study agricultural…

of Walt’s journey to success. Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, he grew up with four other siblings Herbert, Raymond, Roy, and Ruth. Ever since Walt was a child he was interested in art. He decided to follow his dream. He started by making movie shorts for a local movie theater. He was hired then fired from many of his jobs. His biggest supporter was his brother, Roy. He was such a big supporter that he went into business with him. They were called the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio,…

Wayne Thiebaud was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1920. Soon thereafter, he moved to California where he was raised and graduated from California State College at Sacramento. Thiebaud started his career in art as a commercial animation painter at Walt Disney Studios, drawing “in-betweener” on characters such as Goofy, Pinocchio, and Jimmy Cricket (Hurwitz). It wasn’t until the 1960’s, during the Pop era of Warhol, where Thiebaud started gaining prominence in the fine art field. Thiebaud has had…