Walt's People - Volume 8

About the Book

The Walt's People series, edited by Didier Ghez, is a collection of the best interviews ever conducted with Disney artists.

Contributors to the series include noted Disney experts Robin Allan, Paul F. Anderson, Mike Barrier, Albert Becattini, John Canemaker, John Culhane, Pete Docter, Christopher Finch, J.B. Kaufman, Jim Korkis, Christian Renaut, Linda Rosenkrantz, Dave Smith, and Charles Solomon.

Walt's People - Volume 8 features in-depth interviews with Bill Anderson, Dale Baer, Carl Barks, Welton Becket, James Bodrero, Harriet Burns, Les Clark, Bill Cottrell, Lou Debney, Ruth Disney Beecher, Roy E. Disney, Blaine Gibson, Floyd Gottfredson, Don Griffith, Theo Halladay about Sylvia Holland, Jack Hannah, Bud Hester, Jim MacDonald, Herb Ryman, Retta Scott, Ben Sharpsteen, Bob Sherman, Ken Southworth, Robert Stevenson, Al Taliaferro, Donn Tatum, Harry Tytle, Dolores Voght, Card Walker, Tommie Wilck, and Charles Wolcott. It contains hundreds of new stories about the Studio and its artists and should delight even the most serious historians and enthusiasts.

Walt's People is a notable new source of historical treasures and should give new energy to the world of Disney research!

This book is neither authorized, sponsored nor endorsed by the Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. It is an unofficial and unauthorized book. The mention of names and places associated with the Walt Disney Company and its businesses are not intended to infringe on any existing copyrights or trademarks of the Walt Disney Company, but are used in context for educational purposes. The opinions and statements expressed in these interviews are solely the opinions and perspectives of the authors and the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and policy of the Walt Disney Company and its businesses.

About the Author

Didier Ghez has conducted Disney research since he was a teenager in the mid '80s. His articles about the parks, animation, and vintage international Disneyana, as well as his many interviews with Disney artists, have appeared in such magazines as Persistence of Vision, Tomart's Disneyana Update, Animation Journal, Animation Magazine, StoryboarD, and Fantasyline. He is the co-author of the art book Disneyland Paris - From Sketch to Reality, runs The Disney History blog (disneybooks.blogspot.com), The Disney Books Network website (www.pizarro.net/didier), and serves as managing editor of the Walt's People series.