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James Algar

James Algar

James Algar

1912-06-11

Modesto, California, USA

DIRECTING

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.

Best known for:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Bambi

Fantasia

Fantasia 2000

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Incredible Journey

The Gnome-Mobile

The Wind in the Willows

The Living Desert

Victory Through Air Power

The African Lion

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Vanishing Prairie

Broken Toys

Jungle Cat

Rascal

The Legend of Lobo

Secrets of Life

Grand Canyon

Beaver Valley

Bear Country

Nature's Half Acre

Seal Island

White Wilderness

The Olympic Elk

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Filmography:

Broken Toys (1935)
WORK AS:
Animation
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
6.8
WORK AS:
Animation
Fantasia (1940)
6.6
WORK AS:
Director
Bambi (1942)
6.7
WORK AS:
Co-Director
Four Methods of Flush Riveting (1942)
WORK AS:
Director
Victory Through Air Power (1943)
4.3
WORK AS:
Director
Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health (1945)
WORK AS:
Director
Something You Didn't Eat (1945)
WORK AS:
Director

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Seal Island (1948)
WORK AS:
Director
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
5.1
WORK AS:
Director
The Wind in the Willows (1949)
5.4
WORK AS:
Director
Beaver Valley (1950)
WORK AS:
Director
Nature's Half Acre (1951)
WORK AS:
Director, Script
The Olympic Elk (1952)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Living Desert (1953)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director
Bear Country (1953)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer

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Prowlers of the Everglades (1953)
WORK AS:
Director
The Alaskan Eskimo (1953)
WORK AS:
Director
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
Cameras in Africa/Beaver Valley (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
The African Lion (1955)
WORK AS:
Director
A Progress Report/Nature's Half Acre (1955)
WORK AS:
Director
Secrets of Life (1956)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World (1957)
WORK AS:
Teleplay
All About Magic (1957)
WORK AS:
Director of Previsualization
The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades (1957)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Tricks of Our Trade (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Grand Canyon (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
White Wilderness (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Nature's Strangest Creatures (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
Islands of the Sea (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Jungle Cat (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country (1960)
WORK AS:
Teleplay
The Wonderful World of Disney (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
A Fire Called Jeremiah (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
The Legend of Lobo (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
The Incredible Journey (1963)
5.3
WORK AS:
Writer, Co-Producer
One Day at Teton Marsh (1964)
WORK AS:
Producer, Teleplay
Run, Light Buck, Run (1966)
WORK AS:
Co-Producer, Writer
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
4.8
WORK AS:
Co-Producer
Walt Disney Masterpieces (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
One Day On Beetle Rock (1967)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Rascal (1969)
WORK AS:
Producer
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou (1971)
WORK AS:
Producer
Project Florida (1971)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Mountain Born (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
The City Fox (1972)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Producer
Two Against the Arctic (1974)
WORK AS:
Producer, Teleplay
Carlo the Sierra Coyote (1974)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
Return of the Big Cat (1974)
WORK AS:
Producer
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975)
WORK AS:
Producer
The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Footloose Goose (1975)
WORK AS:
Producer
The Secret of the Pond (1975)
WORK AS:
Producer
The Bluegrass Special (1977)
WORK AS:
Story, Producer
Trail of Danger (1978)
WORK AS:
Producer
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
5.9
WORK AS:
Director