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Clyde Geronimi

 
Director: Clyde Geronimi
  • Occupation: Director, Actor
  • Active: '40s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Children's/Family, Fantasy
  • Career Highlights: Cinderella, 101 Dalmatians, Lady and the Tramp
  • First Major Screen Credit: Beach Picnic (1939)

Biography

Animator/director Clyde Geronimi got his start as an animator at the Hearst studios in New York. He was hired by Disney studios in 1931 and directed his short cartoon, Beach Picnic in 1938. Eventually Geronimi began working on Disney animated features and helped direct such classics as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Alice in Wonderland and went on to win an Oscar for helming the Disney animated short Ugly Duckling. In the '50s and '60s, he moved into directing Disney television shows. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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