Peter Ellenshaw
Author: Jim Korkis, Walt's People: Volume 4 - Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him, Volume 4, 1997, Chapter 9,pp. 134-152,EN
Peter Ellenshaw was born William Samuel Cook Ellenshaw (but his mother preferred the name “Peter” so that is what he was called the rest of his life) in London, England, on May 24, 1913. He was raised in Essex, a city that was in the path of the German zeppelins during World War I. As Peter once recalled, “My mother put us (Peter and his two sisters) under the kitchen table while the zeppelins were overhead and gave us pencils and paper to draw with,” and an artist was born. Peter was not a strong child and was left to his own amusements, so he spent a lot of time drawing. By the time he was twenty, he was working at a garage during the day and copying the Old Masters at night. […]
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- 1 - Virginia Davis (J.B. Kaufman)
- 2 - A Few Words about Dick Huemer (Didier Ghez (?))
- 3 - Homage to a Star (Grim Natwick)
- 4 - Dick Huemer (Joe Adamson)
- 5 - Dick Huemer (Brian Sibley)
- 6 - Huemeresque 1 - Ted Sears (Richard 'Dick' Huemer)
- 7 - Huemeresque 2 - The Battle of Washington (Richard 'Dick' Huemer)
- 8 - Joe Grant (Michael Barrier)
- 9 - Peter Ellenshaw
- 10 - John Hench (Armand Eisen)
- 11 - Marc Davis (Armand Eisen)
- 12 - Lou Debney (Dave Smith)
- 13 - Stan Green (Charles Solomon)
- 14 - Leo Salkin (Charles Solomon)
- 15 - Dale Oliver (Christian Renaut)
- 16 - Dick Moores (Albert Becattini)
- 17 - Roger Armstrong (Albert Becattini)
- 18 - Roy Williams (Don Peri)
- 19 - Brian Sibley (Didier Ghez)
- 20 - Ted Berman (Christian Renaut)
- 21 - The Other Freddy - Looking back at the career of Disney animator Fred Hellmich (Floyd Norman)
- 22 - Everybody has to start somewhere . . . - An affectionate look back at Disney’s “Bullpen.” (Floyd Norman)
- 23 - Floyd Norman (Celbi Pegoraro)
- 24 - Eric Goldberg (Christian Ziebarth)
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