Joe Grant

Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 - May 6, 2005) was a Disney artist and writer.

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Born in New York City, New York, he worked for The Walt Disney Company as an animator beginning in 1933 on the Mickey Mouse short, "Mickey's Gala Premiere". He was a Disney legend. He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He co-wrote Dumbo and Lady and the Tramp. He also led development of Fantasia and Pinocchio.

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During World War II, Grant worked on war cartoon including the Academy Award winning "Der Fuehrer's Face". He left the Disney studio in 1949 and ran a ceramics business and a greeting card business but returned in the 1989 to work on Beauty and the Beast. He worked on Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Fantasia 2000, Monsters, Inc. and Mulan among others.

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Grant worked four days a week at Disney even though he was 9 days short of his 97th birthday. A cartoon he directed, "Lorenzo", received an Academy Award nomination in 2005.

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Joe Grant died of a heart attack while working at his drawing board in his studio. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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A large collection of his caricatures is owned by the Smithsonian Museum.

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