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Thursday, December 15, 2005

JUSTICE, Bill

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BILL JUSTICE

(posted by Megan Dong)

Birth/Death
Februrary 9th, 1914—

Occupation/Title
Animator, Director, Imagineer

Bio Summary
Bill Justice initially studied portrait art at the John Herron Art Institute, but almost immediately after graduating, he went on to work for the Walt Disney Studios. He would spend the next 42 years with the company as a successful animator, and a pioneer of sorts in the areas of stop-motion animation, experimental short film animation, and audio-animatronics. He retired in 1979 and subsequently received honors and recognition for his work. He has written a memoir about his contributions to the company called “Justice for Disney,” and became a “Disney Legend” in 1996. He currently resides in Granada Hills, California with his wife Kim, where he runs the Bill Justice Foundation (a non-profit organization that supports art education and youth health programs).

Early Life/Family
Bill Justice was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Education/Training
John Herron Art Institute

Career Outline
In 1937, Bill Justice became an animator at the Walt Disney Studios. He animated for 19 feature-length films and 57 shorts. He is most well known for his animation of the character Thumper from Disney’s “Bambi,” animation for Fantasia, as well as the title characters of “Chip ‘n’ Dale.” In the 50’s, Justice directed several “experimental” shorts and also did stop-motion animation sequences for live-action films. As Walt Disney further developed Disneyland to include animatronics in 1965, he felt that animators were necessary to bring life and realism to them. Justice was chosen to become an Imagineer, where he spent the rest of his career conceptualizing and developing animatronics, shows, and parades for Disney theme parks. He is credited with programming/designing audio-animatronics for attractions such as Pirates of the Carribean, the Haunted Mansion, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and the Country Bear Jamboree. He also produced the Mickey Mouse Review and helped design a variety of parades, including Disney’s first Christmas parade and the Main Street Electrical Parade. In total, Bill Justice spent 42 years with the Walt Disney Co.

Comments On Style
Justice is a talented artist with strong cartooning sensibility. He was equally adept at animation and illustration, and a variety of his lithographs and illustrations are still auctioned today.

Influences
Disney
Personality
Bill Justice demonstrated his ambition and inventiveness in his work. He also has a genuine love for art.

Anecdotes
When asked if he ever tired of drawing Mickey, Bill Justice replied by asking “Have you ever seen me draw Mickey upside down?” and demonstrated this ability.

Having worked for the company for several decades, Bill also has knowledge of the more scandalous Disney stories. In one interview for the book “Walt’s People,” he discussed the wild partying that took place at a celebration for the success of Snow White. According to Justice, “When we arrived at the Norconian Hotel, there were pools to swim in, tennis courts, a golf course, music and plenty of food and alcohol and something just snapped…There were naked swim parties, people who got drunk and were often surprised what room they were in and who they were sleeping next to when they awoke the next morning.”

Miscellaneous

Filmography
Mary Poppins (1964) (designer: nursery sequence)
1. The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) (special titles)
2. A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962) (stop motion animator)
3. Bon Voyage! (1962) (special titles)
4. Babes in Toyland (1961) (layout artist)
5. The Parent Trap (1961) (special titles)
6. Noah's Ark (1959) (animator)
7. The Shaggy Dog (1959) (title designer)
8. Hooked Bear (1956) (animator)
9. Up a Tree (1955) (animator)
10. Beezy Bear (1955) (animator)
11. Lake Titicaca (1955) (character animator)
12. The Flying Squirrel (1954) (animator)
13. Grin and Bear It (1954) (animator)
14. Dragon Around (1954) (animator)
15. Spare the Rod (1954) (animator)
16. Working for Peanuts (1953) (animator)
17. Don's Fountain of Youth (1953) (animator)
18. Peter Pan (1953) (character animator)
19. Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) (animator)
20. Trick or Treat (1952) (animator)
21. Uncle Donald's Ants (1952) (animator)
22. Let's Stick Together (1952) (animator)
23. Donald Applecore (1952) (animator)
24. Bee on Guard (1951) (animator)
25. Out of Scale (1951) (animator)
26. Alice in Wonderland (1951) (character animator)
27. Lucky Number (1951) (animator)
28. Corn Chips (1951) (animator)
29. Two Chips and a Miss (1951) (animator)
30. Dude Duck (1951) (animator)
31. Chicken in the Rough (1951) (animator)
32. Out on a Limb (1950) (animator)
33. Bee at the Beach (1950) (animator)
34. Test Pilot Donald (1950) (animator)
35. Trailer Horn (1950) (animator)
36. Lion Around (1950) (animator)
37. Toy Tinkers (1949) (animator)
38. Slide Donald Slide (1949) (animator)
39. The Greener Yard (1949) (animator)
40. All in a Nutshell (1949) (animator)
41. Winter Storage (1949) (animator)
42. Sea Salts (1949) (animator)
43. Donald's Happy Birthday (1949) (animator)
44. Tea for Two Hundred (1948) (animator)
45. Three for Breakfast (1948) (animator)
46. Soup's On (1948) (animator)
47. Inferior Decorator (1948) (animator)
48. Chip an' Dale (1947) (animator)
49. Mail Dog (1947) (animator)
50. Bootle Beetle (1947) (animator)
51. Clown of the Jungle (1947) (animator)
52. Straight Shooters (1947) (animator) (as William Justice)
53. Double Dribble (1946) (animator)
54. Wet Paint (1946) (animator)
55. Make Mine Music (1946) (animator)
56. Old Sequoia (1945) (animator)
57. Cured Duck (1945) (animator)
58. The Plastics Inventor (1944) (animator)
59. Victory Through Air Power (1943) (animator)
60. Bambi (1942) (animator)
61. Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) (animator)
62. Fantasia (1940) (animator) (segment "The Pastoral Symphony")

Director:
1. A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
2. Noah's Ark (1959)
3. The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
4. A Cowboy Needs a Horse (1956)
5. Jack and Old Mac (1956)


Honors
Academy Award Nominations for animated short films for “Noah’s Ark,” “A Symposium On Popular Songs” and “The Truth About Mother Goose,”
Inducted as a Disney Legend in 1996

Related Links
http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Bill+Justice
http://www.laughingplace.com/
http://www.robrichards.com/el_capitan.cfm?sr=85

Bibliographic References
Bailey, Adrian. Walt Disney’s World of Fantasy.
New York Everest House Publishers, 1982.

Contributors To This Listing

Megan Dong (480 T Animation Aesthetics)

 

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