Wilfred Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria segment of Fantasia from Walt Disney Productions. He was also instrumental in developing the system with which Disney added music and sound to Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon.

Several of the Silly Symphony shorts he directed, including The Old Mill (1937), won Academy Awards during the 1930s. Starting with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, he directed sequences in many of the major Disney animated features up to Lady and the Tramp in 1955, including all of the animated sequences in Song of the South (1946). He later moved into television, producing and directing for Disney's Disneyland series. After continuing health issues, he retired in 1961. Jackson died at age 82 in 1988.

Jackson attended Otis Art Ins*ute (now called Otis College of Art and Design) in the 1920s.

Filmography

References

External links

• Wilfred Jackson at IMDb

• James Algar
• Ken Anderson
• Xavier Atencio
• Art Babbitt
• Grace Bailey
• Carl Barks
• Mary Blair
• Joyce Carlson
• Marge Champion
• Claude Coats
• Don DaGradi
• Virginia Davis
• Andreas Deja
• Norm Ferguson
• Eyvind Earle
• Clyde Geronimi
• Manuel Gonzales
• Floyd Gottfredson
• Yale Gracey
• Joe Grant
• David Hand
• Jack Hannah
• John Hench
• Dick Huemer
• Ub Iwerks
• Wilfred Jackson
• Steve Jobs
• Bill Justice
• Glen Keane
• Hamilton Luske
• Burny Mattinson
• Fred Moore
• Floyd Norman
• Bill Peet
• Walter Peregoy
• Joe Ranft
• Retta Scott
• Ben Sharpsteen
• Mel Shaw
• Ruthie Tompson
• Roy Williams
• Tyrus Wong