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American animator
Bill Justice
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Born
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1914-02-09
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February 9, 1914
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Died
| February 10, 2011
(2011-02-10)
(aged 97)
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Education
| The
Herron School of Art and Design
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Occupation(s)
| Disney animator and Imagineer
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Years active
| 1937?1979
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Notable work
| Chip 'n' Dale
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William Barnard Justice
(February 9, 1914 – February 10, 2011) was an American animator and engineer for the
Walt Disney Company
. He was a graduate of the
Herron School of Art and Design
in Indianapolis.
Biography
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Justice joined
Walt Disney Studios
as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as
Fantasia
,
The Three Caballeros
,
Alice in Wonderland
, and
Peter Pan
. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit
Thumper
from
Bambi
and chipmunks
Chip 'n Dale
. He was the director of
The Truth About Mother Goose
,
Noah's Ark
, and
A Symposium On Popular Songs
, all of which were nominated for
Academy Awards
as Best Short Subject, Cartoon. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features.
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In 1960, Justice started redesigning and making new Disney character costumes for Disneyland, and later for the other Disney parks and resorts.
In 1965, Justice joined Walt Disney Imagineering, where he programmed figures for several Disney attractions such as
Pirates of the Caribbean
, the
Haunted Mansion
and
Country Bear Jamboree
.
Justice retired from the Disney Company in 1979 and was named a
Disney Legend
in 1996. He is the author of
Justice for Disney
, which chronicles his years with the company.
Justice died of natural causes at a nursing home in Santa Monica, California, one day after his 97th birthday.
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References
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Further reading
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- Bill Justice.
Justice for Disney
. Tomart Publications, 1992.
ISBN
0914293133
- John Province. "From Snow White to Disney World (and Almost Everything Inbetween: An Interview with Bill Justice".
Animato
no.20 (Summer 1990), pp. 38?41.
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Awards for Bill Justice
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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- Lucien Ades*
- Angel Angelopoulos*
- Antonio Bertini
- Armand Bigle
- Gaudenzio Capelli
- Roberto de Leonardis
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- Cyril Edgar*
- Wally Feignoux*
- Didier Fouret
- Mario Gentilini*
- Cyril James*
- Horst Koblischek
- Gunnar Mansson
- Arnoldo Mondadori
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- Armand Palivoda*
- Poul Brahe Pedersen*
- Joe Potter
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- Andre Vanneste*
- Paul Winkler
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