Ben Sharpsteen
“Born in Tacoma, Wash. Graduated from agricultural college but gave up agrarian pursuits to help out Uncle Sam’s Marines during the war. Marine life made me so lazy I couldn’t bear the thought of hard work again so I became an animator, joining the old International Film Company in New York. Work as an animator on old Mutt and Jeff cartoons and on Fleischer’s “Out-of-the-Inkwell.” Twice deserted the ranks of animation for newspaper and commercial art. Guess I am too old to make another change so will stick to animating as long as it sticks to me.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily
Fantasia
(Director)
Pinocchio
(Director)
Dumbo
(Director)
The Living Desert
(Producer)
Japan
(Director)
Portugal
(Director)
The Danube
(Director)
Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line
(Director)
The New Spirit
(Director)
Don Donald
(Director)
Broken Toys
(Director)
Hawaiian Holiday
(Director)
Monkey Melodies
(Animation)
Moose Hunters
(Director)
The Bears and the Bees
(Animation)
The China Shop
(Animation)
The Worm Turns
(Director)
The Clock Store
(Animation)
The Spider and the Fly
(Animation)
Winter
(Animation)
Pluto's Quin-puplets
(Director)
The Fox Hunt
(Director)
Polar Trappers
(Director)
Midnight in a Toy Shop
(Animation)
Mickey's Trailer
(Director)
The Night Before Christmas
(Animation)
Cock o' the Walk
(Director)
The Wise Little Hen
(Animation)
Donald and Pluto
(Director)
The Fox Hunt
(Animation)
Old King Cole
(Animation)
Frolicking Fish
(Animation)
King Neptune
(Animation)
The Cookie Carnival
(Director)
Mickey's Service Station
(Director)
Two-Gun Mickey
(Director)
100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration
(Director)
Moving Day
(Director)
Birds in the Spring
(Animation)
Samoa
(Director)
Mickey Mouse Disco
(Director)
The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades
(Producer)
Dingo aux jeux olympiques
(Art Direction)
On Ice
(Director)
Arctic Antics
(Animation)
The Chain Gang
(Animation)
The Fire Fighters
(Animation)
The Gorilla Mystery
(Animation)
Boat Builders
(Director)
Pioneer Days
(Animation)
Clock Cleaners
(Director)
Playful Pan
(Animation)
The Birthday Party
(Animation)
Birds of a Feather
(Animation)
Traffic Troubles
(Animation)
Mother Goose Melodies
(Animation)
The China Plate
(Animation)
The Busy Beavers
(Animation)
Mickey's Choo-Choo
(Animation)
The Cat's Out
(Animation)
Egyptian Melodies
(Animation)
The Beach Party
(Animation)
Cannibal Capers
(Animation)
Mickey's Orphans
(Animation)
The Bird Store
(Animation)
The Duck Hunt
(Animation)
El Terrible Toreador
(Animation)
Just Dogs
(Animation)
Trader Mickey
(Animation)
Babes in the Woods
(Animation)
Santa's Workshop
(Animation)
Father Noah's Ark
(Animation)
Lullaby Land
(Animation)
Mickey in Arabia
(Animation)
Switzerland
(Director)
The Pied Piper
(Animation)
The Klondike Kid
(Animation)
The Whoopee Party
(Animation)
Mickey's Good Deed
(Animation)
Building a Building
(Animation)
The Mad Doctor
(Animation)
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
(Animation)
Mickey's Mechanical Man
(Animation)
Mickey's Gala Premiere
(Animation)
Mickey's Fire Brigade
(Director)
Puppy Love
(Animation)
Shanghaied
(Animation)
Mickey's Circus
(Director)
Funny Little Bunnies
(Animation)
Mickey Plays Papa
(Animation)
The Grasshopper and the Ants
(Animation)
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
(Animation)
Orphan's Picnic
(Director)
Peculiar Penguins
(Animation)
Mysteries of the Deep
(Director)
Water Birds
(Director)
The Bootblack
(Director)
La Revue de Mickey
(Director)
Les Chefs-d'Œuvre de Walt Disney
(Director)
Alice in Wonderland
(Production Supervisor)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Sequence Supervisor)
Celebrate Christmas With Mickey, Donald & Friends
(Director)
The Olympic Elk
(Production Supervisor)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Post Production Supervisor)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
(Production Supervisor)
Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1)
(Director)
Cinderella
(Production Supervisor)
Fantasia
(Production Supervisor)
Mickey's Family Album
(Director)
The Blue Men of Morocco
(Associate Producer)
Sardinia
(Director)
Lapland
(Director)
Alaskan Sled Dog
(Director)
Cruise of the Eagle
(Producer)
Cruise of the Eagle
(Director)
Japan
(Producer)
The Danube
(Producer)
Ama Girls
(Director)
Donald Duck's First 50 Years
(Director)
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
(Director)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Director)
The Wonderful World of Disney
(Director)