Ethnicity Jewish Occupation Animator, imagineer Movies So Dear to My Heart | Name Marc Davis Role Artist | |
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Full Name Marc Fraser Davis Similar People Alice Estes Davis, Eric Larson, Glen Keane, Charles Perrault, Ken Anderson | ||
Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) was a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films, and was revered for his knowledge and understanding of visual aesthetics.
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Marc davis walt disney s renaissance man rotoscopers
Disney animator
Marc Davis was responsible for many Disney characters. The ones he mainly designed and animated are :
Walt Disney Imagineering
Davis, a brilliant draftsman, also designed the characters for many Disneyland rides and show animatronics:
After Disney
In 1989, he was named a Disney Legend. He was also the recipient of the much-coveted Mousecar (the Disney equivalent of an Oscar).
Davis died on January 12, 2000. That same month, the Marc Fraser Davis Scholarship Fund formally was established at the California Institute of the Arts.