LC control no. | no2009083523 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Variant(s) | Walt Disney Animation Studios (Firm) Disney Animation Studios |
See also | Predecessor: Walt Disney Feature Animation (Firm) |
Beginning date | 2006 |
Located | Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) |
Field of activity | Animated films--Production and direction |
Found in | Bolt (Motion picture), 2009: title frame (Walt Disney Animation Studios) Wikipedia, February 25, 2015 (Walt Disney Animation Studios; headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California; American animation studio which creates animated feature films, short films, and television specials for The Walt Disney Company; founded on October 16, 1923, it is a unit of The Walt Disney Studios; Originally founded as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923, and incorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929; in 1983, Walt Disney Productions named their live-action film studio Walt Disney Pictures. During a corporate restructuring in 1986, Walt Disney Productions was renamed The Walt Disney Company and the animation division, renamed Walt Disney Feature Animation, became a subsidiary of its film division, The Walt Disney Studios. In 2006, Walt Disney Feature Animation took on its current name of Walt Disney Animation Studios when it was folded under The Walt Disney Studios alongside Pixar Animation Studios, which was acquired by Disney in the same year) |