Don DaGradi
Directing
Biography
Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. - Wikipedia
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Don DaGradi
Dumbo
1941
Filmography
Production & Directing (25)
1997
The Love BugOriginal Film Writer
5.7
1992
Goofy at the Olympic GamesAnimation
6.0
1977
Halloween Hall o' FameColorist
1971
Bedknobs and BroomsticksScreenplay
7.0
1971
Scandalous JohnScreenplay
6.4
1968
The Love BugScreenplay
6.6
1968
Blackbeard's GhostScreenplay
6.7
1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.Screenplay
5.7
1964
Mary PoppinsScreenplay
7.5
1961
The Parent TrapSequence Artist
7.0
1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleMatte Painter
6.7
1959
Sleeping BeautyProduction Designer
6.9
1955
Lady and the TrampStory
7.1
1955
Music LandLayout Supervisor
6.0
1954
Two for the RecordLayout Supervisor
8.0
1950
The Brave EngineerLayout
6.1
1947
Fun and Fancy FreeLayout
6.3
1945
Hockey HomicideLayout
7.0
1945
Duck PimplesLayout
6.2
1944
The Three CaballerosLayout
6.3
1944
How to Be a SailorLayout
6.4
1943
Victory VehiclesLayout
6.6
1943
Der Fuehrer's FaceLayout
6.9
1942
How to FishLayout
6.5
1941
DumboArt Direction
7.0