Walt Disney Profile

Walter Elias Disney, was born on December 5 1901, and died on December 15, 1966 at the age of 65 due to lung cancer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney. Walt Disney was an American producer and director, amongst other professions in the film industry; he is renowned for his Disney film productions. Walt’s immense success and talent has won him many awards over the years, of which have given him the record for the individual for the most nominations, and the most wins. In total, he won seven Emmy Awards and twenty two Academy Awards (Oscars) in his lifetime, amongst forty eight nominations.
Numerous amounts of fictional animated characters have been created by the Disney industry, one of which is the infamous Mickey Mouse; probably one of Walt Disney’s most successful pieces. "I hope we'll never lose sight of one thing that it was all started by a mouse." – Walt Disney. I found this quote of Disney’s on http://www.imdb.com/.
Walt is also prominent for another of his great establishments; Disneyland, and Walt Disney World theme parks in America and France, and even in Japan and China. It is said that Walt got his inspiration for Disneyland from the ‘Tivoli’ theme park in Denmark.
In 1925, Walt met Lillian Bounds after employing her to ink and paint celluloid, and shortly afterwards the two started dating, and were married to one another in the same year. Disney was married to Lilly until his death, and with her he had two daughters, Diane Marie Disney and adopted Sharon Mae Disney.