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Walt Disney Walter Elias Walt Disney (December 5, 1901爾 December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon,and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother, he was the founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and had an annual revenue of approximately US$36 billion in the 2010 financial year. Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman. He and his staff created some of the worlds most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won 22 Academy Awards from a total of 59 nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history. Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the U.S., as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland. The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Disney was born on December 5, 1901. In fall of 1917 Disney began his freshman year at McKinley High School and took night courses at the Chicago Art Institute.[18] Disney showed his great gift in art at a very young age. He loved drawing lessons yet he was always punished by the teacher for the simple reason that he hadn抰 drawn in a regular way. Despite this, his love ofr drawing didn抰 tarnish, he even can draw the cartoon characters by imitating the characters on the magazines and newspapers that wre almost the same. He became the cartoonist for the school newspaper, dr