Ward Kimball
Visual Effects
78
Movies
3
TV Shows
While Kimball was a brilliant draftsman, he preferred to work on comical characters rather than realistic human designs. Animating came easily to him and he was constantly looking to do things differently. Because of this, Walt Disney called Ward a genius in the book The Story Of Walt Disney. While there were many talented animators at Disney, Ward's efforts stand out as especially unique.Kimball created several classic Disney characters including the Crows in Dumbo; Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland; the Mice and Lucifer the Cat from Cinderella; and Jiminy Cricket fromPinocchio. He also animated the famous "Three Caballeros" musical number from the Disney film of the same name.In 1953, Kimball became a director and was responsible for the Academy Award-winning short Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, and three Disney television shows about outer space that put the United States into the space program. He received anAcademy Award for the short animated cartoon It's Tough to Be a Bird.Ward Kimball was profiled by the Academy Award-winning producer Jerry Fairbanks in his Paramount Pictures film short series Unusual Occupations. This 35mm Magnacolor film short was released theatrically in 1944 and focused on Kimball's backyard railroad and full sized locomotive.Kimball was also a jazz trombonist. He founded and led the seven-piece Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, in which he played trombone. The band made at least 13 LP records and toured clubs, college campuses and jazz festivals from the 1940s to early 1970s. Kimball once said that Walt Disney permitted the second career as long as it did not interfere with his animation work.Kimball continued to work at Disney up until the early 1970s, working on the Disney anthology television series, being one of the writers for Babes in Toyland, creating animation for Mary Poppins, directing the animation for Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and working on titles for feature films such as The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin and Million Dollar Duck. His last staff work for Disney was producing and directing the Disney TV show The Mouse Factory. He continued to do various projects on his own, even returning to Disney to do some publicity tours. Additionally, Kimball worked on an attraction for Disney's EPCOT Center called The World Of Motion.
Behind the Camera
Pinocho
Animation, Animation Director
La cenicienta
Animation Director
Blanca Nieves y los siete enanos
Animation
Alicia en el país de las maravillas
Animation
Peter Pan
Animation, Animation Director
Mary Poppins
Animation
Dumbo
Animation Director
Fantasía
Animation
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
Las Aventuras de Ichabod y el Sr. Sapo
Animation, Animation Director
Los tres caballeros
Animation
Travesuras de una bruja
Animation Director
Bongo: Diversión y fantasía
Animation Director
El Dragón Chiflado
Animation
El toro Ferdinando
Animation
Ritmo y melodía
Animation
Carnaval en el bosque
Escritor
Donald - La Gallinita Sabia
Animation
Peter and the Wolf
Animation
The Tortoise and the Hare
Animation Production Assistant
It's Tough to Be a Bird
Director, Escritor, Productor
The Mouse Factory
Creator
Elmer Elephant
Animation Production Assistant
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
Productor, Director
The Goddess of Spring
Animation Production Assistant
Chicken Little
Animation
How to Play Baseball
Animation
El pequeño torbellino
Animation
Pluto's Judgement Day
Animation
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Animation
As Actor/Actress
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
El Dragón Chiflado
Ward Kimball
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
La historia de Pixar: un documental de Leslie Iwerks
Ward Kimball (archive footage)
Mickey: La historia de un ratón
Self (archive footage)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self
It's Tough to Be a Bird
Bird Fancier
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Self - Disney Animator (archive footage)
Walt Disney Fábulas - Vol. 6
Ward Kimball (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wizard of Speed and Time
The IRS Chief
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Self (Archive Footage)
The Nifty Nineties
Ward (voice) (uncredited)
Disneyland '59
Self
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
Self (Archive Footage)
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Self (archive footage)
The Disneyland Story
Self
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
One Hour in Wonderland
Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Self
Man and the Moon
Self (uncredited)
The Cinderella That Almost Was
Self (archive footage)
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self
Operation Wonderland
Self
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
Self
Man in Space
Self
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
Self
A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'
Himself