About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1911-03-01
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:

Don DaGradi

Overview

Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. - Wikipedia

Known for

Directing

1950 The Brave Engineer Directing Layout 58
Average
1945 Hockey Homicide Directing Layout 59
Average
1945 Duck Pimples Directing Layout 59
Average
1944 The Three Caballeros Directing Layout 61
Fair
1944 How to Be a Sailor Directing Layout 58
Average
1943 Victory Vehicles Directing Layout 59
Average
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face Directing Layout 61
Fair
1942 How to Fish Directing Layout 59
Average

Writing

1997 The Love Bug Writing Writer 58
Average
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
1971 Scandalous John Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1968 The Love Bug Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1968 Blackbeard's Ghost Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1966 Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1964 Mary Poppins Writing Screenplay 74
Good
1955 Lady and the Tramp Writing Screenplay 69
Fair

Production

1959 Sleeping Beauty Production Production Designer 68
Fair

Art

1941 Dumbo Art Art Direction 68
Fair

Crew

1961 The Parent Trap Crew Sequence Artist 63
Fair

Visual Effects

1992 Dingo aux jeux olympiques Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1955 Music Land Visual Effects Layout Supervisor 58
Average
1954 Two for the Record Visual Effects Layout Supervisor N/A
N/A