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James Algar

James Algar

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

11/06/1912

Day of Death

26/02/1998
(86) years old

Place of Birth

Modesto, California, USA

Biography

James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California and died in Carmel, California.

Known For

Behind the True-Life Cameras/The Olympic Elk

Behind the True-Life Cameras/The Olympic Elk

Filmography

Crew

2000

Fantasia 2000

as Director

1978

Trail of Danger

as Producer

1977

The Bluegrass Special

as Producer

1977

The Bluegrass Special

as Story

1975

The Secret of the Pond

as Producer

1975

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adve...

as Director

1975

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adve...

as Writer

1975

The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

as Producer

1975

The Footloose Goose

as Producer

1974

Two Against the Arctic

as Producer

1974

Two Against the Arctic

as Teleplay

1974

Return of the Big Cat

as Producer

1974

Carlo the Sierra Coyote

as Director

1974

Carlo the Sierra Coyote

as Producer

1972

The City Fox

as Director

1972

The City Fox

as Writer

1972

The City Fox

as Producer

1972

Mountain Born

as Director

1971

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

as Producer

1971

Project Florida

as Writer

1971

Project Florida

as Director

1969

Rascal

as Producer

1969

Solomon, the Sea Turtle

as Producer

1967

One Day On Beetle Rock

as Director

1967

One Day On Beetle Rock

as Producer

1967

The Gnome-Mobile

as Co-Producer

1967

Walt Disney Masterpieces

as Director

1966

Run, Light Buck, Run

as Co-Producer

1966

Run, Light Buck, Run

as Writer

1964

One Day at Teton Marsh

as Producer

1964

One Day at Teton Marsh

as Teleplay

1963

The Incredible Journey

as Writer

1963

The Incredible Journey

as Co-Producer

1962

The Legend of Lobo

as Screenplay

1962

The Legend of Lobo

as Director

1961

A Fire Called Jeremiah

as Director

1960

Ten Who Dared

as Associate Producer

1960

Rapids Ahead/Bear Country

as Teleplay

1960

Jungle Cat

as Director

1960

Islands of the Sea

as Director

1959

Nature's Strangest Creatures

as Director

1958

Grand Canyon

as Director

1958

White Wilderness

as Director

1957

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World

as Teleplay

1957

The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Evergl...

as Director

1957

The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Evergl...

as Writer

1957

Tricks of Our Trade

as Director

1957

All About Magic

as Director of Previsualization

1956

Secrets of Life

as Director

1956

Secrets of Life

as Writer

1955

The African Lion

as Director

1955

A Progress Report/Nature's Half Acre

as Director

1954

The Vanishing Prairie

as Director

1953

The Living Desert

as Director

1953

Prowlers of the Everglades

as Director

1953

The Alaskan Eskimo

as Director

1953

Bear Country

as Director

1953

Bear Country

as Writer

1952

The Olympic Elk

as Director

1952

The Olympic Elk

as Writer

1951

Nature's Half Acre

as Director

1951

Nature's Half Acre

as Script

1950

Beaver Valley

as Director

1949

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

as Director

1949

The Wind in the Willows

as Director

1948

Seal Island

as Director

1945

Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Bri...

as Director

1945

Something You Didn't Eat

as Director

1943

Victory Through Air Power

as Director

1942

Bambi

as Co-Director

1942

Four Methods of Flush Riveting

as Director

1940

Fantasia

as Director

1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

as Animation

1935

Broken Toys

as Animation