Walt Disney is famous as the maker of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other characters in cartoon films. His films have won many prizes and both children and grown-ups around the world are interested in them. He also founded Disneyland in Los Angeles, the world's most famous amusement park.
Disney was born in Chicago in 1901. He left school at the age of 16, later he studied at an art school and then became an artist for magazines and newspapers. When he was 22, he went to Hollywood, and began to produce cartoon films. At first he worked for other companies, but soon he started his own company. In a cartoon his company produced in 1928, he made Mickey Mouse, his most popular cartoon character. It was the first cartoon with sound, and Disney himself supplied Mickey's squeaky voice. As Disney's cartoon became popular, he had to need more and more people to help him, and later he had a large studio and hired hundreds of artists. By the mid-1930s all Disney cartoons were made in colour. His first colour film was The Three Little Pigs, made in 1935. In the film, the clever and hardworking little pig make a house of brick, strong and well-built. When the wolf tries to knock it down, he only hurts himself. Later, the little pigs play a trick on the wolf and drive him away. When the film was first being shown, the U.S.A. was fighting to get out of economic difficulties and a lot of people were still living a poor life. The film encouraged them to fight for a better life.

Walt Disney was a brilliant guy, and the films were suitable for all ages! I think that's one thing film makers today lapse on, they only create films that a certain audience will like...fair play to walt!

I totally agree, movie makers now lack the ability to apeal to a large variety of people. Although, the makers of Ice Age, Monster Inc. and some of those others do a really good job. But then I think I heard they use to work for Disney, so there you go.