Don DaGradi

Directing

Don DaGradi

Born
Died
(aged 80)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
25 titles

Biography

Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. - Wikipedia

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 25

YearTitleJob
1997 The Love Bug Film Original Film Writer
1992 Goofy at the Olympic Games Film Animation
1977 Halloween Hall o' Fame Film Colorist
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Film Screenplay
1971 Scandalous John Film Screenplay
1968 The Love Bug Film Screenplay
1968 Blackbeard's Ghost Film Screenplay
1966 Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. Film Screenplay
1964 Mary Poppins Film Screenplay
1961 The Parent Trap Film Sequence Artist
1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People Film Matte Painter
1959 Sleeping Beauty Film Production Designer
1955 Lady and the Tramp Film Story
1955 Music Land Film Layout Supervisor
1954 Two for the Record Film Layout Supervisor
1950 The Brave Engineer Film Layout
1947 Fun and Fancy Free Film Layout
1945 Hockey Homicide Film Layout
1945 Duck Pimples Film Layout
1944 The Three Caballeros Film Layout
1944 How to Be a Sailor Film Layout
1943 Victory Vehicles Film Layout
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face Film Layout
1942 How to Fish Film Layout
1941 Dumbo Film Art Direction
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