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Years active
  
1920–1980

Name
  
Ben Sharpsteen

Role
  
Film director


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Full Name
  
Benjamin Sharpsteen

Born
  
November 4, 1895 (
1895-11-04
)
Tacoma, Washington, United States

Occupation
  
Film director, film producer

Died
  
December 20, 1980, Calistoga, California, United States

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Movies
  
Dumbo, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Snow White and the Seve, The Cookie Carnival


Similar
  
Norm Ferguson (animator), Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson

Dumbo, by Ben Sharpsteen (1941) - Baby Mine (Walt Disney)


Benjamin "Ben" Sharpsteen (November 4, 1895 – December 20, 1980) was an American film director and producer for Disney. He directed 31 films between 1920 and 1980.

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Sharpsteen created a museum documenting the history of California's first millionaire Sam Brannan, the history of the Upper Napa Valley as well as more on Sharpsteen's life and work at the Sharpsteen Museum located in Calistoga, California.

He died in Sonoma County, California.

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Selected filmography

  • Pinocchio (1940 – supervising director)
  • Dumbo (1941 – director)
  • Seal Island (1948 – producer)
  • Water Birds (1952 – director)
  • Bear Country (1953 – producer)
  • The Living Desert (1953 – producer)
  • The Vanishing Prairie (1954 – producer)
  • Men Against the Arctic (1955 – producer)
  • White Wilderness (1958 – producer)
  • Ama Girls (1958 – producer)
  • The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975 – producer)

    • References

    Ben Sharpsteen Wikipedia
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