Jack Cutting - my 153rd pick to be named a Disney Legend

Jack Cutting, my 153rd pick for the Disney Legend honor, was an an animator who hired on at Walt Disney's fledgling cartoon studio in 1929 when he was 21, joining the 19 artists who then constituted the studio. Cutting, who headed the foreign department of Disney studios where he supervised the translations and dubbing of voices, was director of the 1939 Academy Award-winning cartoon "The Ugly Duckling." He retired in 1975.

His partial Disney filmography includes:

1929 : Springtime

1929 : The Merry Dwarfs

1930 : Summer

1930 : Autumn

1930 : Winter

1930 : Hell's Bells

1930 : Playful Pan

1931 : The China Plate

1931 : The Busy Beavers

1931 : Birds of a Feather

1931 : The Ugly Duckling

1932 : Santa's Workshop

1933 : Father Noah's Ark

1933 : The Mail Pilot

1936: The Three Blind Mousketeers

1936 : The Three Little Wolves

1938 : Farmyard Symphony  - director

1939 : The Ugly Duckling  - director

1941 : The Reluctant Dragon

1942 : Saludos Amigos

1942 : South of the Border With Disney

1948: Blame it on Samba

1948 : Melody Time

1960 : Donald Duck and his Companions

Vance Gerry - my 152nd pick as a Disney Legend

My 152nd pick, Vance Gerry  was a screenwriter, character designer and storyboard artist. According to his LA Times obituary, Garry was  "Regarded as one of the most creative and talented story artists in the animation industry, Gerry joined the Walt Disney Studios in 1955 after studying at the Chouinard Art Institute. He rose quickly through the ranks to become a layout artist. He contributed to the television shows "Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports" and "How to Relax"; the short features "The Truth About Mother Goose" and "Donald in Mathmagic Land"; and the features "101 Dalmatians" and "The Sword in the Stone."

Gerry moved to the studio's story department on "The Jungle Book," Walt Disney's last animated feature. Looking back on that collaboration, Gerry said, "There was an aura about Walt: When he came into the room, you felt it. He focused very closely on what the characters would do and say."

Gerry later made major contributions to "Dalmatians," "The Aristocats," "Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "The Fox and the Hound."

His Disney Filmography:


1959 Donald in Mathmagic Land Layout Artist

1960 Goliath II Layout Artist

1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Layout Artist

1961 Aquamania Story

1963 The Sword in the Stone Layout Artist

1966 Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Story

1967 The Jungle Book Story

1968 Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day Story

1970 The AristoCats Story

1973 Robin Hood Story Sequences

1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Story

1977 The Rescuers Story

1978 The Small One Writer

1981 The Fox and the Hound Story

1985 The Black Cauldron Story

1986 The Great Mouse Detective Story Adaptation

1988 Oliver and Company Story

1990 The Rescuers Down Under Storyboard Artist

1990 The Prince and the Pauper Storyboard Artist

1994 The Lion King Character Designer

1995 Pocahontas Character Designer/Visual Development Artist

1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Character Designer/Visual Development Artist

1997 Hercules Story

1999 Tarzan Character Designer/Visual Development Artist

2000 Fantasia 2000 Conceptual Storyboard Artist: segment Carnival of the Animals

2004 Home on the Range Additional Visual Development Artist

Ray Conway - my 151st pick as a Disney Legend

Ray Conway was in charge of the construction of Disneyland and he is my 154th pick to be named a Disney Legend. Not much is known about Ray Conway, although he does have a window on Main Street Disneyland in his honor.  During Disneyland's construction, he worked closely with Charles Alexander, the construction field supervisor and George Mills, who was the foreman for the on-site mills and shops, and their names also appear on the same Main Street window.

Other than that I could not find much in my research about the man. But I thought, the guy was in charge of building Disneyland. Shouldn't he be a legend??

Pete Docter - my 150th pick to be named a Disney Legend

Pete Docter, my 150th choice to be named a Disney Legend, is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer and voice actor who is best known for directing the Pixar animated films Monsters, Inc. and Up, and as a key figure and collaborator in Pixar Animation Studios. The A. V. Club has called him "almost universally successful." He has been nominated for six Academy Awards (one win thus far for Up - Best Animated Feature), three Annie Awards (winning two), a BAFTA Children's Film Award (which he won), and a Hochi Film Award (which he won). He has described himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons."

His most recent film that he directed was Inside Out, which was released on June 19th, 2015.

Feature Film Filmography

1995 Toy Story Story/Head Animator Pixar
1998 A Bug's Life Additional Storyboard Artist
1999 Toy Story 2 Story
2001 Monsters, Inc. Director/Story
2005 Howl's Moving Castle English Dub Director/Executive Producer: US Version Studio Ghibli
2008 WALL-E Story Pixar
2009 Up Director/Story/Screenplay/Voice Actors (Kevin and Campmaster Strauch)
2011 The Muppets Creative Consultant Walt Disney Pictures
2013 Monsters University Executive Producer Pixar
2015 Inside Out Director/Story/Voice Actor (Bill's Anger)
2019 Toy Story 4 Story

Animated Shorts Filmography

1997 Geri's Game Animator Pixar
2002 Mike's New Car Director/Story
2003 Boundin' Special Thanks
2008 Presto
2009 Partly Cloudy
Dug's Special Mission Executive Producer
2011 La Luna Special Thanks
2013 The Blue Umbrella
Party Central Executive Producer
2014 Lava Special Thanks
Toy Story That Time Forgot
2015 Sanjay's Super Team
Riley's First Date Executive Producer/Voice Actor (Bill's Anger)
2017 Lou Executive Producer