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James Algar

Film director, screenwriter, film producer (1912-1998) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 85

James Algar was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California and died in Carmel, California.

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1998Died26 February 1998Disney LegendsAward1975The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life AdventuresFilm, Director, Writer1972The City FoxFilm, Director, Writer1969RascalFilm, Producer1963The Incredible JourneyFilm, Writer1960Islands of the SeaFilm, Director1958Grand CanyonFilm, Director1956Secrets of LifeFilm, Director, Writer1954The Wonderful World of DisneySeries, DirectorThe Vanishing PrairieFilm, 1954Director1952The Olympic ElkFilm, Director, Writer1950Beaver ValleyFilm, Director1948Seal IslandFilm, Director1943Victory Through Air PowerFilm, Director1940FantasiaFilm, Director1912Born11 June 1912

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  • Fantasia 1940
  • The Living Desert 1953
  • Fantasia 2000 2000
  • Bambi 1942
  • The Wind in the Willows 1949

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Filmography 40

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Television 2

Awards

Disney Legends1998

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1998 · aged 85

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Robert FullerAlso in Carlo the Sierra Coyote (1974)Billy BletcherAlso in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)Salome JensAlso in The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975)Mike LookinlandAlso in The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou (1971)