Walt Disney Imagineering

WED Enterprises (WED), was formed by movie mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disney's personal assets. It was originally an independent, private company, owned by Walt Disney himself, but on February 3, 1965, was merged into Walt Disney Productions. It is currently known as Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), Disney Imagineering, or simply Imagineering.

Imagineers

An Imagineer (officially known as a Walt Disney Imagineer), is an employee of Walt Disney Imagineering. Nearly all Imagineers work at the corporate headquarters in Glendale, California constantly developing ideas and attractions for worldwide Disney parks.

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Imagineers come in all forms; artists, writers, architects, landscape architects, engineers, model builders, construction managers, technicians, designers and a whole range of others. Past Imagineers include Alan Kay, Bran Ferren, Robert Swirsky, and Danny Hillis, and the current President is Don Goodman and the Vice Chairman and Principle Creative Executive of Walt Disney Imagineering is Marty Sklar.

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Alan Kay - Bran Ferren - Robert Swirsky - Danny Hillis - Don Goodman - Marty Sklar

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