Joe Grant
1908–2005 · 21 titles in the catalogue
Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 – May 6, 2005) was an American artist and writer. Born in New York City, New York, he worked for The Walt Disney Company as a character designer and story artist beginning in 1933 on the Mickey Mouse short, "Mickey's Gala Premiere". He was a Disney legend. He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He co-wrote Dumbo. He also led development of Pinocchio and Fantasia. During World War II, Grant worked on war cartoons including the Academy Award winning Der Fuehrer's Face. He left the Disney studio in 1949 and ran a ceramics business and a greeting card business but returned in 1989 to work on Beauty and the Beast. He also worked on Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Fantasia 2000, and Pixar's Monsters, Inc. among others. The last two films he worked on before his death, Chicken Little and Pixar's Up, were dedicated to him. Grant worked four days a week at Disney until he died, nine days before his 97th birthday. Grant's final project, Lorenzo, for which he conceived the idea and helped storyboard, received an Academy Award nomination in 2005.
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Their work
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Up2009In Memory Of
The Lion King1994Character Designer · Visual Development
Beauty and the Beast1991Visual Development
Mulan1998Story
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1938Character Technical Supervisor
Alice in Wonderland1951Story
Pinocchio1940Characters
Pocahontas1995Story
Dumbo1941Screenplay
Chicken Little2005In Memory Of
Fantasia1940Story
Saludos Amigos1942Writer
Popeye the Sailor1960Writer
Make Mine Music1946Production Executive
The Pixar Story2007as Self · In Memory Of
The Tortoise and the Hare1935Characters
Thru the Mirror1936Story
Der Fuehrer's Face1943Writer
The Grasshopper and the Ants1934Writer
Lorenzo2004Original Story
Three Little Wolves1936Screenplay · Storyboard
