John Lounsbery

John Mitchell Lounsbery (March 9, 1911 – February 13, 1976) was an American animator who worked for Walt Disney Productions. He is best known as one of Disney's Nine Old Men, of which he was the shortest lived as well as the first to die.

John Lounsbery
Born
John Mitchell Lounsbery

(1911-03-09)March 9, 1911
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 13, 1976(1976-02-13) (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationAnimator
Known forOne of Disney's Nine Old Men

Life and career

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Colorado. He attended East Denver High School and the Art Institute of Denver. While attending the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, an instructor sent him to interview with Walt Disney.

Lounsbery was hired by Disney on July 2, 1935, beginning as an assistant animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (uncredited). He went on to work on numerous short features in the 1940s while continuing to serve as part of the animating team on nearly all of Disney's most famous feature-length animated films. In the 1970s, he was promoted to director and directed Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too and The Rescuers.

John Lounsbery died on February 13, 1976. At the time of his death, he was working on The Rescuers and still directing at the Walt Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 1989 and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Filmography
Year Title Credits Characters
1940PinocchioAnimator
FantasiaAnimator - Segment "Dance of the Hours"
1941DumboAnimation Director
1943Victory Through Air Power (Documentary)Animator
1945The Three CaballerosAnimator
The Legend of Coyote Rock (Short)Animator
Canine Patrol (Short)Animator
1946Make Mine MusicAnimator
Song of the SouthDirecting Animator
1947Fun and Fancy FreeDirecting Animator
1948Melody TimeDirecting Animator
1949So Dear to My HeartAnimator
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadDirecting Animator
1950CinderellaDirecting Animator
1951Alice in WonderlandDirecting Animator
1952Lambert the Sheepish Lion (Short)Animator
1953Peter PanDirecting Animator
Ben and Me (Short)Animator
1955Lady and the TrampDirecting Animator
1959Sleeping BeautyDirecting Animator
1960Goliath II (Short)Directing Animator
1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansDirecting Animator
Aquamania (Short)Animator
1963The Sword in the StoneDirecting Animator
1964Mary PoppinsAnimator
1966Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (Short)Animator
1967The Jungle BookDirecting Animator
1968Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Short)Animator
1970The AristocatsDirecting Animator
1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksAnimator
1973Robin HoodDirecting Animator
1974Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Short)Director
1977The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohAnimator / Director
The RescuersDirector
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