Walt Pfeiffer
Christopher Finch and Linda Rosenkrantz: I hear you are finally retiring.
Walt Pfeiffer: Yes, just three more weeks. This is my retirement job. I retired from the Studio about two years ago. I managed the Penthouse Club for about 23 years along with my other jobs, so I just came up here to finish out a couple more years.
CF&LR: What were you doing at the Studio before?
WP: Well, originally I came out from Chicago. Walt and Lilly were on their way to Europe and stopped off in Chicago. He asked me to come out to Hollywood where they were starting to make Snow White. I came out as a storyman. I’d been an art director for about 12 years before that. When I got out here, the guys were so good at drawing that they drew rings around me, so I stayed in the Story Department and worked on the shorts and then Snow White. I later became manager of the Story Department. […]
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- 1 - Ruthie Tompson (Didier Ghez)
- 2 - Walt Pfeiffer
- 3 - Shirley Temple Black (John Culhane)
- 4 - Izzy Klein (John Culhane)
- 5 - Basil Reynolds (Peter Hansen)
- 6 - Eric Larson (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 7 - John Hubley (John Culhane)
- 8 - Jules Engel (Robin Allan)
- 9 - Ed Love - at CalArts (Ed Love)
- 10 - Mike Lah - at CalArts (Mike Lah)
- 11 - Frank Thomas (J.B. Kaufman)
- 12 - Carl Nater (Dave Smith)
- 13 - John Hench - on working with Salvatore Dali on Destino (John Culhane)
- 14 - Ward Kimball (John Canemaker)
- 15 - Ward Kimball (Dave Smith)
- 16 - Frank Armitage (Didier Ghez)
- 17 - Ray Aragon (Robin Allan)
- 18 - Ray Aragon (Didier Ghez)
- 19 - Jacques Rupp (Gord Wilson)
- 20 - George Bruns (David Tietyen)
- 21 - Dale Oliver (John Canemaker)
- 22 - Iwao Takamoto (John Canemaker)
- 23 - Richard Williams (John Canemaker)
- 24 - Brad Bird (Charles Solomon)
- 25 - Don Christensen (Alberto Becattini)
- 26 - Tom Nabbe (Jim Korkis)
- 27 - Roger Broggie (Dave Smith)
- 28 - David Snyder (Didier Ghez)
- 29 - Carl Bongirno (Didier Ghez)
- 30 - Dan MacManus (John Culhane)
- 31 - Ted Kierscey (John Culhane)
- 32 - Glen Keane (John Canemaker)
- 33 - Joe Hale (Didier Ghez)
- 34 - Mark Henn (Jérémie Noyer)
- 35 - Andreas Deja and Mark Henn (Christian Ziebarth)
- 36 - Ed Catmull (Didier Ghez)
