Walt Disney Research Paper

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“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” (Walt Disney) Walt Disney started off any other person. He had a dream to become someone successful. He had a dream to become an artist so he pursue his dream and became one of the most famous entrepreneurs, animator voice actor, and film producers. But while he had grew up as a kid, he had been through rough times until he finally got his big hit when he created Disney. Born in December 5, 1901, Walt Disney was born. Life as a kid for him in Marceline, Missouri he found his passion of drawing. Since he had an interest of sketching he took art classes when he was a child. During High School he sold his art to neighbors and studied art and photography. But while he grew up, he faced a lot of problems. For example, when Walt came home when he was seventeen, he told his father he wanted to be an artist, but his father disagreed with his decision and didn’t support it. His father encouraged him to work with him in the family business making jelly. He then applied for a Kansas City Art Institute and got in the school. After he graduated from college he got a job at a place called Gray’s Advertising Company. But during the Christmas time, he was then fired and then met a man named Ub Iwerks that …show more content…

At his time there, Ub Iwerks and he created a character called Oswald The Lucky Rabbit and then later was bought by Charles Mintz, a film producer in Universal Studios. After Oswald was bought, his whole group of artists who worked for him quit and decided to work for another man that left only him and Ub Iwerks. But Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks worked together and then got inspired to make Mortimer, but later was called Mickey Mouse from Oswald The Lucky Rabbit. Mickey Mouse was then in Steamboat Willie and it automatically became a big

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