Milt Kahl
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| Born | Milton Erwin Kahl March 22, 1909 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 1987 (aged 78) Mill Valley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 1936–1978,1985-1986 |
| Known for | One of Disney's Nine Old Men |
| Spouses | Laura Nordquist Kahl
(m. 1934; died 1967)Phyllis Bounds Detiege
(m. 1968; div. 1978)Julie Kahl
(m. 1980; died 1987) |
| Children | 2 |
Milton Erwin "Milt" Kahl (March 22, 1909 – April 19, 1987) was an American animator. He was one of (and often considered the most influential of) Walt Disney's supervisory team of animators, known as Disney's Nine Old Men.[1]
Biography
Kahl was born in San Francisco, California, to Erwin, a saloon bartender, and Grace Kahl.[2] He had three younger sisters, Dorothy, Marion, and Gladys.[3] He would often refine character sketches from Bill Peet, incorporating ideas of Ken Anderson. The final look of many characters in the Disney films was designed by Kahl, in his angular style inspired by Ronald Searle and Picasso. He is revered by contemporary masters of the form such as Andreas Deja, and also Brad Bird, who was his protégé at Disney in the early 1970s. In the behind-the-scenes feature "Fine Food and Film" shown on the Ratatouille DVD, Bird referred to Kahl as "tough," but in a gentle way, as he often gave Bird advice on where he could improve in animation whenever he came up short.
In the book The Animator's Survival Kit, the author Richard Williams makes repeated references and anecdotes relating to Kahl. The centenary of Kahl's birth was honored by the Academy on April 27, 2009, with a tribute entitled "Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo" and featured Brad Bird as a panelist.[4]
Kahl died of pneumonia, aged 78, in Mill Valley, California.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credits | Characters | Notes |
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| 1937 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Animator | Credited as Milton Kahl | |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | Animation Director | Credited as Milton Kahl | |
| 1942 | Bambi | Supervising Animator | Credited as Milton Kahl | |
| 1943 | Saludos Amigos (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1945 | The Three Caballeros | Animator | Credited as Milton Kahl | |
| 1946 | Make Mine Music | Animator | ||
| Song of the South | Directing Animator | |||
| 1948 | Melody Time | Directing Animator | ||
| 1949 | So Dear to My Heart | Animator | ||
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Directing Animator | |||
| 1950 | Cinderella | Directing Animator | ||
| The Brave Engineer (Short) | Animator | |||
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland | Directing Animator | ||
| 1953 | Peter Pan | Directing Animator | ||
| 1955 | Lady and the Tramp | Directing Animator | ||
| 1959 | Sleeping Beauty | Directing Animator | ||
| 1961 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Directing Animator | ||
| 1963 | The Sword in the Stone | Directing Animator / Character Designer | ||
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Animator | ||
| 1967 | The Jungle Book | Directing Animator | ||
| 1968 | Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1970 | The Aristocats | Directing Animator | ||
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Animator | ||
| 1973 | Robin Hood | Directing Animator | ||
| 1974 | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Short) | Directing Animator | ||
| 1977 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Animator | ||
| The Rescuers | Directing Animator | |||
| 1995 | Frank and Ollie (Documentary) | Acknowledgment: Caricatures | ||
| 2002 | Mickey's House of Villains (Video) | Animator - Segment "Lonesome Ghosts" |
References
- ^ Canemaker, John (2001). Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation. Disney Editions. ISBN 978-0786864966.
- ^ 1910 United States Federal Census
- ^ 1920 United States Federal census
- ^ "Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
External links
- Milt Kahl at IMDb
- Disney Legends
- "King Kahl: A personal look at Disney's master animator, Milt Kahl" by Floyd Norman (JimHillMedia.com)
- A Milt Kahl lecture at CalArts from 1976 on The Animation Podcast
- Interview with Kahl by Michael Barrier and Milton Gray
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