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James Algar is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Co-Director, Animation and Script American born on 11 june 1912 at Modesto (USA)

James Algar

James Algar
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 june 1912 at Modesto (USA)
Death 26 february 1998 (at 85 years) at Carmel-by-the-Sea (USA)

James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked for the 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.

Biography

James Algar commence sa carrière aux Studios Disney en 1934 comme animateur sur Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains (1937). Il devient directeur d'animation sur la séquence de l'Apprenti Sorcier de Fantasia (1940), poste qu'il occupera sur certaines scènes de Bambi (1942) puis Le Crapaud et le Maître d'école (1949).

Il réalisa ensuite plusieurs films de la série des True-Life Adventures et travailla ensuite sur le système Circle-Vision 360°. Il réalisa plusieurs films sous ce format.

Best films

Bambi
Bambi
(1942)
(Director) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1938)
(Animation) Fantasia
Fantasia
(1940)
(Director) Fantasia 2000
Fantasia 2000
(1999)
(Director) The Living Desert
The Living Desert
(1953)
(Director) The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie
(1954)
(Director)

Usually with

Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler
(20 films)
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
(24 films)
Norman R. Palmer
Norman R. Palmer
(13 films)
Ted Sears
Ted Sears
(12 films)
Ben Sharpsteen
Ben Sharpsteen
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of James Algar (37 films)

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Director

Fantasia 2000
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
, 1h15
Directed by Eric Goldberg, James Algar, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt, Hendel Butoy, Gaëtan et Paul Brizzi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Transport films, Cétacé, Films about birds, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un cétacé, Disaster films
Actors James Levine, Steve Martin, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, Penn Jillette, James Earl Jones
Rating70% 3.548343.548343.548343.548343.54834
Cinquante-huit ans après Fantasia, ce film est composé de huit séquences illustrant huit morceaux de musique classique, interprétés pour la plupart par l'Orchestre symphonique de Chicago sous la direction de James Levine. Chaque séquence est précédée d'une courte présentation par des artistes ayant travaillé pour les studios Disney.
The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975)
, 1h29
Directed by James Algar
Origin USA
Themes Films about animals, Documentary films about nature, Children's films
Actors Winston Hibler
Rating68% 3.411913.411913.411913.411913.41191
The film opens with a salute to Walt Disney, a pioneer of nature films and animal lover, then followed by a compilation of excerpted segments from the True-Life Adventures film series showcasing animals of all kinds depicted in dramatic, fascinating moments of habitats from the American prairie to the North American desert, to Africa, the Amazon jungle and to the Arctic.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1963)
, 34minutes
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, James Algar, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Bing Crosby, Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash, Daniel Beretta
Rating76% 3.843023.843023.843023.843023.84302
Inspirée de La Légende de Sleepy Hollow de Washington Irving (1820), La Légende de la Vallée endormie raconte l'histoire d'Ichabod Crane qui, un jour d'automne, est nommé instituteur dans le village de Sleepy Hollow. Arrivé sur les lieux, il rencontre la plus belle jeune femme du village, Katrina Van Tassel, fille d'un riche propriétaire terrien, dont il tombe immédiatement amoureux. Il réussit à écarter Katrina de Brom Bones, la brute de la bourgade qui aime lui aussi la séduire. Furieux, Brom Bones décide pour se venger de raconter aux villageois l'effrayante légende du Cavalier sans tête lors de la soirée d'Halloween organisée par le père de Katrina. Mais après la fête, Ichabod doit rentrer seul chez lui, en pleine nuit, en passant par la forêt…
The Legend of Lobo
The Legend of Lobo (1962)
, 1h7
Directed by Jack Couffer, James Algar
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Documentaire animalier, Documentary films about environmental issues, Wolves in film, Documentary films about nature, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Rex Allen, Walter Pidgeon, Émile Genest
Rating66% 3.3359553.3359553.3359553.3359553.335955
The film begins when Lobo is a 6-week old pup, identical to his brothers and sisters. While his father, El Feroz is out hunting for meat to feed the family, Lobo follows his nose to his first adventure, and takes a tumble down the cliff his family dens in. As soon as he manages to climb back up, a cougar appears on the scene. Things look grim for the wolves, until "a wild card" shows up; cattlemen riding by below the wolves' den spot the cougar, and shoot it as it prepares to pounce on the wolves. The narrator makes it clear that the cattlemen do not favor the wolves: Lobo is only spared because he's out of sight. When Lobo's father returns to the den soon after the incident, he smells both the cougar and the cattlemen, and decides to pick up and move house to avoid them.
Jungle Cat
Jungle Cat (1960)
, 1h10
Directed by James Algar
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about nature, Children's films
Actors Winston Hibler
Rating71% 3.583933.583933.583933.583933.58393
Le film débute par une présentation en animation des félins dont le chat domestique avant de se recentrer sur le jaguar, le plus grand des félins chasseurs.
Jungle Cat
Jungle Cat (1960)
, 1h9
Directed by James Algar
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Winston Hibler
Rating71% 3.583933.583933.583933.583933.58393
An amazing adventure to Brazil to discover the supreme ruler of the Amazon jungle: the jaguar. The film offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of a jaguar family in life-and-death struggles with crocodiles, wild pigs and a strange seven-foot-long burping fish called a pirarucu.
White Wilderness
White Wilderness (1958)
, 1h12
Directed by James Algar
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about nature, Children's films
Actors Winston Hibler
Rating54% 2.70522.70522.70522.70522.7052
Un documentaire qui explore les habitudes austères des morses, les jeux et gambades d'oursons polaires et l'éducation d'un louveteau.
Secrets of Life
Secrets of Life (1956)
, 1h15
Directed by James Algar
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about nature, Children's films
Actors Winston Hibler
Rating72% 3.6195753.6195753.6195753.6195753.619575
The fourth in Walt Disney's True-Life Adventure series, the 1956 film Secrets of Life features previously rarely-seen film footage of nature's "behind-the-scenes" goings-on that play a huge role in making the planet what it is. From bees to ants and the flora and fauna surrounding us, Secrets of Life reveal a sometimes startling glimpse into nature's wonders that we often take for granted. Accompanied by remarkably appropriate musical selections, viewers find themselves mesmerized by the metamorphosis of air-borne seeds into glorious plants and flowers with the help of time-lapse photography.
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
, 1h11
Directed by James Algar
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about nature, Children's films
Actors Winston Hibler
Rating71% 3.5880953.5880953.5880953.5880953.588095
Le film présente la vie durant la journée sur une année d'antilocapres, de chiens de prairie, de mouflons d'Amérique, de couguars, de bisons et des nombreux autres animaux des prairies du Midwest.
The Living Desert
The Living Desert (1953)
, 1h9
Directed by James Algar
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about nature, Children's films, Le désert
Actors Winston Hibler
Rating73% 3.6889653.6889653.6889653.6889653.688965
La survie dans les zones désertiques exige un haut degré d'adaptation des animaux et des plantes. Pendant la journée, la chaleur est insupportable tandis que la nuit frigorifie tout. Après plusieurs semaines de sécheresse suivies de pluies tropicales, les masses d'eau du désert offrent quelques heures de répit à la vie.