Ugo D'Orsi - my 40th choice as a Disney Legend

Ugo D'Orsi was an animator who worked on several Disney Studios projects in the 1930s and 40s. He is my 41st choice as a Disney Legend. He was also involved in the special effects department at Disney. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston wrote in their book Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, they said, Through the entire thirties, the entire Effects Department consisted of only two men: Ugo D'Orsi, a straightforward, stubborn, and dedicated Italian, and Cy Young...quiet and sensitive...who loved to play the bass fiddle as a hobby. Thomas and Johnston added, Since [D'Orsi and Young] did most of the careful work themselves, they needed only a single assistant between them.

Ugo D'Orsi did many of the great water-effects in Mickey Mouse Sorcerer's Apprentice section in Fantasia - and that is believed to be Ugo D'Orsi at his best.

Here are some of the films D’Orsi worked on for Disney.

• Just Mickey
• Gulliver Mickey
• Hollywood Party
• The Pied Piper                  
• Funny Little Bunnies                       
• Hot Choc'lit Soldiers       
• The Wise Little Hen         
• The Goddess of Spring    
• The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
• Gulliver Mickey
• Two-Gun Mickey             
• The Band Concert            
• Water Babies     
• Music Land         
• Thru the Mirror  Animation
• Don Donald        
• Little Hiawatha 
• The Cookie Carnival
• Giantland
• The Old Mill       
• Wynken, Blynken and Nod           
• The Reluctant Dragon    
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
• Bambi
• Fantasia
• Pinnochio