Ken Anderson

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1909-03-17

Deathday 1993-01-13 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Seattle, Washington, USA

Also Known As Kenneth Bliss Anderson, Kenneth Anderson

Ken Anderson

Biography

Anderson studied architecture at the University of Washington, graduating with a B.Arch. in 1934. He was particularly influenced by faculty member Lionel Pries. With the delineation skills he learned in architecture school, he soon secured a position at Disney. Anderson was a key player in some of the studio's most well-known animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and The Jungle Book. He also worked on the development of Disneyland. Ken is a 1991 winner of the Disney Legendsaward for Animation & Imagineering. Ken Anderson died in La Cañada Flintridge from a stroke at the age of 84. -Wikipedia

Known For

Writer

1977
The Rescuers

as Author

1973
Robin Hood

as Characters

1973
Robin Hood

as Writer

1970
The Aristocats

as Screenplay

1967
1955
Music Land

as Writer

1950
Cinderella

as Story

Art

1963
The Sword in the Stone

as Art Direction

1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

as Production Design

1961
1953
Ben and Me

as Art Direction

1946
Song of the South

as Supervising Art Director

1941
The Reluctant Dragon

as Art Direction

1940
Pinocchio

as Art Direction

1938
Ferdinand the Bull

as Background Designer

1938

Visual Effects

1977
Pete's Dragon

as Character Designer

1935

Director

1939
1938
1934

Camera

1970
The Aristocats

as Director of Photography