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Wilfred Emmons Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, musical arranger and director best known for his work with Walt Disney Productions. Jackson joined Walt Disney Productions in 1928 as a volunteer washing animation cels.
Wilfred Jackson was born on 24 January 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director, known for Cinderella (1950), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Alice in Wonderland (1951). He died on 7 August 1988 in Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, USA.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, USA
Wilfred Jackson was an American animator, arranger, composer, and director, who worked for Disney. Born in Chicago, Illinois; Jackson attended Otis College of Art and Design in the 1920s before getting hired at the studio.
Wilfred Jackson was a Disney director who worked on classic animated films such as Snow White, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. He also invented a synchronization method for sound cartoons and won three Academy Awards.
- January 24, 1906
- August 7, 1988
Wilfred Jackson was a pioneer of synchronizing animation with music and a director of 35 shorts and 11 features for Disney. He worked on classics like Steamboat Willie, Fantasia, and Song of the South, and won three Academy Awards.
Jul 31, 2015 · Wilfred Jackson (1973) An interview by Michael Barrier, Milton Gray, and Bob Clampett. From MB: Wilfred Emmons Jackson (1906-1988) was one of the tiny handful of Walt Disney's employees who could say accurately that they were "present at the creation"—not of the studio itself, but of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies, and the films most ...
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Sep 13, 2015 · Wilfred Jackson (1976) An interview by Michael Barrier and Milton Gray. From MB: Milt Gray and I recorded this interview with the great Disney cartoon director Wilfred Jackson at his home on Balboa Island, California, on November 5, 1976, the day that we also recorded the interview with Gerry Geronimi that I've posted elsewhere on this site.
