James Algar

DirectorProducerActorWriterProduction Jun 11 (died age 85) Modesto, California, USA 1935–2000 (65 year career)

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Biography

James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) 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.

Known For

Film

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Animation

Film

Bambi

Co-Director

Film

Fantasia

Director

Film

Fantasia 2000

Director

Film

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Director

Film

The Incredible Journey

Co-Producer

Film

The Living Desert

Director

Film

The Wind in the Willows

Director

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

From Fantasia to Fantasyland

1978

as self

Behind the True-Life Cameras/The Olympic Elk

1955

Crew (77)

Movies (75)

Fantasia 2000

2000

Director

7.0

Trail of Danger

1978

Producer

The Bluegrass Special

1977

Producer

The Bluegrass Special

1977

Story

The Footloose Goose

1975

Producer

The Secret of the Pond

1975

Producer

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures

1975

Director

6.6

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures

1975

Writer

6.6

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

1975

Producer

6.2

Two Against the Arctic

1974

Producer

Two Against the Arctic

1974

Teleplay

Return of the Big Cat

1974

Producer

Carlo the Sierra Coyote

1974

Director

Carlo the Sierra Coyote

1974

Producer

Mountain Born

1972

Director

The City Fox

1972

Director

The City Fox

1972

Producer

The City Fox

1972

Writer

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

1971

Producer

Project Florida

Director

Project Florida

Writer

Rascal

Producer

Solomon, the Sea Turtle

1969

Producer

The Gnome-Mobile

1967

Co-Producer

6.2

One Day On Beetle Rock

1967

Director

One Day On Beetle Rock

1967

Producer

Walt Disney Masterpieces

1967

Director

6.0

Run, Light Buck, Run

1966

Co-Producer

Run, Light Buck, Run

1966

Writer

One Day at Teton Marsh

1964

Producer

One Day at Teton Marsh

1964

Teleplay

The Incredible Journey

1963

Co-Producer

6.6

The Incredible Journey

Writer

The Legend of Lobo

Director

The Legend of Lobo

Screenplay

A Fire Called Jeremiah

1961

Director

Islands of the Sea

Director

Ten Who Dared

Associate Producer

Jungle Cat

Director

Rapids Ahead/Bear Country

1960

Teleplay

Nature's Strangest Creatures

1959

Director

Grand Canyon

Director

White Wilderness

Director

All About Magic

Director of Previsualization

Tricks of Our Trade

1957

Director

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World

1957

Teleplay

7.0

The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades

1957

Director

The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades

1957

Writer

Secrets of Life

Director

Secrets of Life

Writer

The African Lion

Director

A Progress Report/Nature's Half Acre

1955

Director

The Vanishing Prairie

Director

The Living Desert

Director

The Alaskan Eskimo

Director

Bear Country

Director

Bear Country

Writer

Prowlers of the Everglades

Director

The Olympic Elk

Director

The Olympic Elk

Writer

Nature's Half Acre

Director

Nature's Half Acre

Script

Beaver Valley

Director

The Wind in the Willows

1949

Director

6.7

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Director

Seal Island

Director

Something You Didn't Eat

1945

Director

7.0

Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health

1945

Director

5.3

Victory Through Air Power

Director

Bambi

Co-Director

Four Methods of Flush Riveting

Director

Fantasia

Director

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

1940

Director

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Animation

Broken Toys

Animation

Television (2)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1961

Director

8.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Director

7.8