Clyde "Gerry" Geronimi (June 12, 1901 - April 24, 1989) was an Italian-American animation director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Studio. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Newport Beach within Orange County, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... Look up director in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

Geronimi was born in Italy. He immigrated to the United States as a young child. Geronimi's earliest work in the animation field was for the J.R. Bray Studios, where he worked with Walter Lantz. Bray Productions was the dominant animation studio based in the United States in the years before World War I. // History The studio was founded in December of 1914 by J. R. Bray, perhaps the first studio entirely devoted to animation, and series animation at that (he was probably beaten a... Walter Lantz in 1983, with painting of Woody Woodpecker Walter Lantz (April 27, 1900 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist and animator, best known for founding the Walter Lantz Studio and creating Woody Woodpecker. ...

Geronimi left Bray in 1931 to join Walt Disney Studio, where he remained for the rest of his career. Geronimi started off in the shorts department, eventually becoming a director. His 1942 short, "Lend a Paw", won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

Geronimi moved into directing feature-length animated films after end of World War II. He was the co-director on Cinderella, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Cinderella is a 1950 animated feature produced by Walt Disney, and released to theaters on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Peter Pan is the fourteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Sleeping Beauty is the sixteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Lady and the Tramp is the fifteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... One Hundred and One Dalmatians (often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians) is the seventeenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ...

After Geronimi left Disney in 1959, he worked in television for a number of years, including directing many episodes of the 1967 animated Spider-Man series. He retired from animation sometime in the late 1960s, and provided illustrations for children's books written by Joan Pizzo.^[1] Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. ...

Geronimi received the 1978 Winsor McCay Award from the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, for his lifetime of contributions to the animation field. The award was presented by his long time friend and colleague Walter Lantz. ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles,California, USA, which is a branch member of the Asssociation International du Film dAnimation or ASIFA (the International Animated Film Association). ...

Geronimi died on April 24, 1989 at his home in Newport Beach, California. He was 87.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.joanpizzo.com/ Joan Pizzo official website. Last accessed 03/20/2007.

External links

• Clyde Geronimi at the Internet Movie Database
• Obituary at the New York Times