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Last updated on April 21, 2025.

Ollie Johnston

Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989. His work was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 2005.

American - Animator | October 31, 1912 - April 14, 2008

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You’re not supposed to animate drawings. You’re supposed to animate feelings. — © Ollie Johnston

You’re not supposed to animate drawings. You’re supposed to animate feelings.

Ollie Johnston

Ollie Johnston

I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing.

Ollie Johnston

Ollie Johnston

The shapes and markings of Felix and Mickey, perhaps more than Oswald, have similarities, but when you are using such simple basic construction (i.e. circles) there is bound to be such duplication.

Ollie Johnston

Ollie Johnston

Don't animate drawings, animate feelings.

Ollie Johnston

Ollie Johnston

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