Eric Larson

Born to Peter and Nora Larson. In 1915 his family moved to Salt Lake City, where he became interested in journalism and also secretly took drawing lessons. In 1925, he entered the University of Utah, later moving to Los Angeles to look for a job in journalism and writing, unfortunately unsuccessfully. He then decided to rekindle his ambition to become an artist, and was offered a job at Walt Disney Productions in 1933, as an `in-betweener'. Later the same year, he married Gertrude Jannes (although sadly, the couple remained childless). Animator Hamilton Luske recognized Larson's talent and promoted him to assistant animator; Luske, who had joined the studio two years previously, later became his mentor. Further promotion followed, with Eric as animator on Walt Disney's first feature length cartoon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); along with future veteran animators Milt Kahl and James Algar, he animated the forest animals that followed Snow White throughout. In 1940, he was promoted to animation director for Pinocchio (1940), and in that film he created the kitten, Figaro, who became one of his favorite characters. In Fantasia (1940), he created the centaurs and the horses in the "Pastoral Symphony" segment of the musical feature. By 1942, he had become a supervising animator for Bambi (1942) along with fellow workers Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, and Milt Kahl, with whom he had worked on Snow White. In Bambi, he created Friend Owl, and subsequently worked on birds for the next two assignments, creating the mad Aracuan Bird in The Three Caballeros (1944), and Sasha the Bird in Make Mine Music (1946). Larson also worked on Fun and Fancy Free, Song of the South, Melody Time, and So Dear to My Heart (1949). He later became part of the Animation Board, and Walt Disney appointed him as one of his Nine Old Men, who consisted of Les Clark, Woolie Reitherman, Eric Larson, Ward Kimball, Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, John Lounsbery and Marc Davis; all considered to be Walt's most trusted associates. -From IMDB

Crew

All Art Crew Directing Visual Effects

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.1

7798 votes

Release Date

Jan 14, 1938

89 years ago
Cinderella

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

7.0

6971 votes

Release Date

Feb 22, 1950

77 years ago
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.2

6513 votes

Release Date

Jan 25, 1961

66 years ago
Alice in Wonderland

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.2

6116 votes

Release Date

Jul 28, 1951

75 years ago
Pinocchio

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.1

6106 votes

Release Date

Feb 23, 1940

87 years ago
Pinocchio

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

7.1

6106 votes

Release Date

Feb 23, 1940

87 years ago
Bambi

Department Crew

Job Supervising Animator

Average Rating

7.0

5890 votes

Release Date

Aug 14, 1942

84 years ago
Peter Pan

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.2

5602 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 1953

74 years ago
Peter Pan

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

7.2

5602 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 1953

74 years ago
Lady and the Tramp

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.1

5501 votes

Release Date

Jun 22, 1955

71 years ago
Lady and the Tramp

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

7.1

5501 votes

Release Date

Jun 22, 1955

71 years ago
Sleeping Beauty

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.9

5354 votes

Release Date

Feb 17, 1959

68 years ago
The Aristocats

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.3

5255 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 1970

56 years ago
Mary Poppins

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.6

4871 votes

Release Date

Dec 17, 1964

62 years ago
The Sword in the Stone

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.2

3998 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 1963

63 years ago
Fantasia

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.3

3219 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 1940

86 years ago
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.2

1121 votes

Release Date

Mar 11, 1977

49 years ago
The Three Caballeros

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.3

743 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 1944

82 years ago
Melody Time

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.1

332 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1948

78 years ago
Song of the South

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Director

Average Rating

6.5

290 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1946

80 years ago
The Tortoise and the Hare

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Production Assistant

Average Rating

6.6

195 votes

Release Date

Jan 05, 1935

92 years ago
Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.9

112 votes

Release Date

Feb 08, 1952

75 years ago
Peter and the Wolf

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.8

104 votes

Release Date

Aug 15, 1946

80 years ago
On Ice

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.7

94 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 1935

91 years ago
Three Little Wolves

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.5

88 votes

Release Date

Apr 18, 1936

91 years ago
The Hockey Champ

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.9

71 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1939

88 years ago
A Knight for a Day

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.5

61 votes

Release Date

Mar 08, 1946

81 years ago
Who Killed Cock Robin?

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.8

44 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 1935

92 years ago
Mickey's Service Station

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Production Assistant

Average Rating

6.7

39 votes

Release Date

Feb 23, 1935

92 years ago
Farmyard Symphony

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.4

36 votes

Release Date

Oct 14, 1938

88 years ago
Tiger Trouble

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.9

34 votes

Release Date

Jan 06, 1945

82 years ago
Two-Gun Mickey

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.1

33 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 1934

92 years ago
Two-Gun Mickey

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation Production Assistant

Average Rating

6.1

33 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 1934

92 years ago
The Whalers

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.2

31 votes

Release Date

Aug 19, 1938

88 years ago
African Diary

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

5.9

27 votes

Release Date

Apr 20, 1945

82 years ago
Once Upon a Wintertime

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

5.9

21 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1948

78 years ago
Cock o' the Walk

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

5.7

19 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 1935

91 years ago
It's Tough to Be a Bird

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.3

17 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 1969

57 years ago
A Symposium on Popular Songs

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

5.2

15 votes

Release Date

Dec 19, 1962

64 years ago
Net Games

Department Art

Job Set Designer

Average Rating

4.5

11 votes

Release Date

Feb 02, 2003

23 years ago
Little Toot

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

7.1

7 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1948

78 years ago
The Flying Gauchito

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 1944

82 years ago
Understanding Stresses and Strains

Department Visual Effects

Job Animation

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 19, 1968

58 years ago
Church Welfare in Action

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 22, 1948

78 years ago

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