Ben Sharpsteen

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Male

Birthday 1895-11-04

Deathday 1980-12-20 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Tacoma, Washington, USA

Also Known As Benjamin Sharpsteen

Ben Sharpsteen

Biography

“Born in Tacoma, Wash. Graduated from agricultural college but gave up agrarian pursuits to help out Uncle Sam’s Marines during the war. Marine life made me so lazy I couldn’t bear the thought of hard work again so I became an animator, joining the old International Film Company in New York. Work as an animator on old Mutt and Jeff cartoons and on Fleischer’s “Out-of-the-Inkwell.” Twice deserted the ranks of animation for newspaper and commercial art. Guess I am too old to make another change so will stick to animating as long as it sticks to me.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily

Known For

Visual Effects

1934
The China Shop

as Animation

1934
The Wise Little Hen

as Animation

1934
Shanghaied

as Animation

1934
1934
Mickey Plays Papa

as Animation

1934
Peculiar Penguins

as Animation

1933
Old King Cole

as Animation

1933
Birds in the Spring

as Animation

1933
Father Noah's Ark

as Animation

1933
Lullaby Land

as Animation

1933
The Pied Piper

as Animation

1933
Building a Building

as Animation

1933
The Mad Doctor

as Animation

1933
1933
1933
1933
Puppy Love

as Animation

1932
1932
King Neptune

as Animation

1932
The Bird Store

as Animation

1932
The Duck Hunt

as Animation

1932
Trader Mickey

as Animation

1932
Just Dogs

as Animation

1932
Babes in the Woods

as Animation

1932
Santa's Workshop

as Animation

1932
Mickey in Arabia

as Animation

1932
The Klondike Kid

as Animation

1932
The Whoopee Party

as Animation

1932
Mickey's Good Deed

as Animation

1931
The Clock Store

as Animation

1931
1931
The Fox Hunt

as Animation

1931
The Birthday Party

as Animation

1931
Birds of a Feather

as Animation

1931
Traffic Troubles

as Animation

1931
1931
The China Plate

as Animation

1931
The Busy Beavers

as Animation

1931
The Cat's Out

as Animation

1931
Egyptian Melodies

as Animation

1931
The Beach Party

as Animation

1931
Mickey's Orphans

as Animation

1930
Monkey Melodies

as Animation

1930
Winter

as Animation

1930
1930
Frolicking Fish

as Animation

1930
Arctic Antics

as Animation

1930
The Chain Gang

as Animation

1930
The Fire Fighters

as Animation

1930
The Gorilla Mystery

as Animation

1930
Pioneer Days

as Animation

1930
Playful Pan

as Animation

1930
Cannibal Capers

as Animation

1929
Mickey's Choo-Choo

as Animation

1929

Director

1998
1980
Mickey Mouse Disco

as Director

1960
Japan

as Director

1960
The Danube

as Director

1959
1959
1958
Ama Girls

as Director

1957
Portugal

as Director

1957
Lapland

as Director

1957
Alaskan Sled Dog

as Director

1956
Samoa

as Director

1956
Sardinia

as Director

1955
Switzerland

as Director

1952
Water Birds

as Director

1942
The New Spirit

as Director

1941
Dumbo

as Director

1940
Fantasia

as Director

1940
Pinocchio

as Director

1938
Polar Trappers

as Director

1938
The Fox Hunt

as Director

1938
Mickey's Trailer

as Director

1938
Boat Builders

as Director

1937
Don Donald

as Director

1937
Hawaiian Holiday

as Director

1937
Moose Hunters

as Director

1937
The Worm Turns

as Director

1937
1937
Clock Cleaners

as Director

1937
La Revue de Mickey

as Director

1936
Donald and Pluto

as Director

1936
Moving Day

as Director

1936
Mickey's Circus

as Director

1936
Orphan's Picnic

as Director

1935
Broken Toys

as Director

1935
Cock o' the Walk

as Director

1935
1935
1935
On Ice

as Director

1935
1934
Two-Gun Mickey

as Director

1920
The Bootblack

as Director

Producer

1960
The Danube

as Producer

1960
Japan

as Producer

1959
1957
The Blue Men of Morocco

as Associate Producer

1953
The Living Desert

as Producer

1952
The Olympic Elk

as Production Supervisor

1951
Alice in Wonderland

as Production Supervisor

1950
Cinderella

as Production Supervisor

1949
1940
Fantasia

as Production Supervisor

Crew

1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

as Sequence Supervisor

1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

as Post Production Supervisor

Art

1992
Dingo aux jeux olympiques

as Art Direction