Ben Sharpsteen

Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Dumbo Director

(1941)

Pinocchio Director

(1940)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Director

(1937)

Cinderella Production Manager

(1950)

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Animation department (59 credits)

1934 Mickey Plays Papa (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 Peculiar Penguins (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 The Flying Mouse (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 The Wise Little Hen (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 Hollywood Party (animator - uncredited)

1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 Gulliver Mickey (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 Funny Little Bunnies (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 The Grasshopper and the Ants (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1934 Shanghaied (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 The Night Before Christmas (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Giantland (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Lullaby Land (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Puppy Love (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Old King Cole (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Mickey's Mechanical Man (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Mickey's Gala Premier (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Father Noah's Ark (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Ye Olden Days (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Mickey's Mellerdrammer (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Birds in the Spring (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 The Mad Doctor (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1933 Building a Building (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Mickey's Good Deed (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Santa's Workshop (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Babes in the Woods (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 The Klondike Kid (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Touchdown Mickey (Short) (animation supervisor - uncredited)

1932 The Whoopee Party (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Trader Mickey (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Mickey's Nightmare (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Just Dogs (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 Mickey in Arabia (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1932 The Duck Hunt (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 Mickey's Orphans (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 Mickey Cuts Up (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 The Beach Party (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 Egyptian Melodies (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 The Cat's Out (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 The China Plate (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 Mother Goose Melodies (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 Traffic Troubles (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 Birds of a Feather (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1931 The Birthday Party (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 Playful Pan (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 Pioneer Days (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 Winter (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 The Picnic (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 The Gorilla Mystery (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 Monkey Melodies (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 The Chain Gang (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 Midnight in a Toy Shop (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 The Fire Fighters (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 Frolicking Fish (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1930 Cannibal Capers (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1929 Jungle Rhythm (Short) (animator)

1929 The Plowboy (Short) (animator - uncredited)

1929 Mickey's Choo-Choo (Short) (assistant animator - uncredited)

1929 When the Cat's Away (Short) (animator)

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Director (38 credits)

1991 Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (TV Movie) (segments "Moving Day", "Mickey's Trailer", uncredited)

1980 Mickey Mouse Disco (Short)

The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (2 episodes, 1955 - 1960) (sequence director - 1 episode, 1964)

- Mediterranean Cruise (1964) ... (sequence director)

- Escape to Paradise/Water Birds (1960) ... (segment ": "Water Birds")

- Dumbo (1955)

1960 Islands of the Sea (Documentary short) (uncredited)

1959 Nature's Strangest Creatures (Short documentary) (uncredited)

1957 Lapland (Documentary short)

1956 Samoa (Documentary short)

1955 Switzerland (Documentary short)

1952 Water Birds (Documentary short)

1942 Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (Short)

1942 The New Spirit (Documentary short) (uncredited)

1941 Dumbo (supervising director)

1940 Fantasia (: in most releases - segment "Meet the Soundtrack", uncredited)

1940 Pinocchio (supervising director)

1938 The Fox Hunt (Short)

1938 Polar Trappers (Short) (uncredited)

1938 Mickey's Trailer (Short) (uncredited)

1938 Boat Builders (Short) (uncredited)

1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (sequence director)

1937 Pluto's Quin-puplets (Short) (uncredited)

1937 Clock Cleaners (Short) (uncredited)

1937 Hawaiian Holiday (Short) (uncredited)

1937 Moose Hunters (Short) (uncredited)

1937 Don Donald (Short) (uncredited)

1937 The Worm Turns (Short)

1936 Donald and Pluto (Short) (uncredited)

1936 Mickey's Circus (Short) (uncredited)

1936 Moving Day (Short) (uncredited)

1936 Orphans' Picnic (Short) (uncredited)

1935 Broken Toys (Short) (uncredited)

1935 Cock o' the Walk (Short)

1935 On Ice (Short) (uncredited)

1935 Mickey's Fire Brigade (Short) (uncredited)

1935 The Cookie Carnival (Short) (uncredited)

1935 Mickey's Service Station (Short) (uncredited)

1934 Two-Gun Mickey (Short) (uncredited)

1920 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Zip (Short)

1920 The Village Blacksmith (Short)

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Producer (18 credits)

2000 Clair de Lune (Short) (producer)

1975 The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (Documentary) (producer)

1959 Nature's Strangest Creatures (Short documentary) (producer)

1958 White Wilderness (Documentary) (producer)

1958 Ama Girls (Documentary short) (producer)

1957/I Portugal (Documentary short) (producer)

1956-1957 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (producer - 2 episodes)

- The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades (1957) ... (producer)

- Searching for Nature's Mysteries (1956) ... (producer)

1957 The Blue Men of Morocco (Documentary short) (associate producer)

1956 Secrets of Life (Documentary) (producer)

1955 Men Against the Arctic (Documentary short) (associate producer)

1955 The African Lion (Documentary) (associate producer)

1954 Siam (Documentary short) (producer)

1954 The Vanishing Prairie (Documentary) (associate producer)

1953 The Living Desert (Documentary) (associate producer)

1953 Prowlers of the Everglades (Documentary short) (associate producer)

1953 The Alaskan Eskimo (Documentary short) (associate producer)

1953 Bear Country (Short documentary) (associate producer)

1940 Fantasia (producer - uncredited)

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Production manager (12 credits)

1972 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)

- Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? (1972) ... (production supervisor)

1970 Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? (TV Short) (production supervisor)

1952 The Olympic Elk (Documentary short) (production supervisor)

1951 Nature's Half Acre (Documentary short) (production supervisor)

1951 Alice in Wonderland (production supervision)

1950 Beaver Valley (Documentary short) (production supervisor)

1950 Cinderella (production supervisor)

1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (production supervisor)

1948 Seal Island (Documentary short) (production supervisor)

1948 Melody Time (production supervisor)

1947 Fun & Fancy Free (production supervisor)

1940 Fantasia (production supervisor)

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Miscellaneous Crew (3 credits)

1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (Video short) (director: archive footage)

1960 Islands of the Sea (Documentary short) (production associate)

1959 Mysteries of the Deep (Documentary short) (production associate)

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Editorial department (1 credit)

1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (post production coordinator - uncredited)

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Self (1 credit)

1954 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
Himself

- The Disneyland Story (1954) ... Himself

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Personal Details

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)

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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Pioneer animator. Early on, he worked as an inker for Hearst International. He subsequently enjoyed tenures at various animation studios, including Fleischer and Paramount before settling at Disney where he remained for 33 years (retiring in 1962), having assumed the role of animation director and supervisor. He was involved with the Disney TV series from 1954 and received much acclaim for his ... See more »