- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
- February 11, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Rocky Ford - Colorado - USA
- Died
- May 7, 2015
Blaine Gibson
After animating all day at The Walt Disney Studios, Blaine Gibson would go home at night and sculpt; it had been a favorite hobby of his since childhood. Then, in 1954, Walt Disney happened to see one of Blaine’s art exhibits, which featured several animal sculptures, and recruited him to work on special projects for his new theme park, Disneyland. Blaine was somewhat ambivalent about being diverted from his goal to establish himself as one of the Studio’s foremost animators. As he recalled in 1995, “I didn’t think it was that important, but then I was told Walt was expecting me to work on these projects. So I said to myself, ‘what the heck’ and went [to Walt Disney Imagineering]. I was never sorry after that.” Born February 11, 1918, in Rocky Ford, Colorado, Blaine attended Colorado University, but left school to join The Walt Disney Studios in 1939. While working as an in-between art…
Filmography
tvDead Little Roosters
2021
movieWalt & El Grupo
2008 · Self
movieSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004 · Self - Artist, sculptor - Interviwee
movieDisneyland 10th Anniversary
1965
movieDisneyland Goes to the World's Fair
1964 · Self
movieOne Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961 · Animation
movieGoliath II
1960 · Animation
movieSleeping Beauty
1959 · Animation
moviePluto's Christmas Tree
1952 · Animation
moviePluto's Party
1952 · Animation
movieTeachers Are People
1952 · Animation
movieLet's Stick Together
1952 · Animation
movieTwo Chips and a Miss
1952 · Animation
movieDonald Applecore
1952 · Animation
movieBee On Guard
1951 · Animation
movieLucky Number
1951 · Animation
movieFigaro and Frankie
1947 · Animation
moviePluto's Housewarming
1947 · Animation
movieSong of the South
1946 · Animation
movieSquatter's Rights
1946 · Animation