Larry Lansburgh
Lawrence Muzzy Lansburgh (May 18, 1911 in San Francisco, California – March 25, 2001 in Eagle Point, Oregon)[1] was an American producer, director, and screenwriter known for his films featuring animals.
Career
[edit]Lansburgh's film career began in the early 1930s, when he performed stunts for Cecil B. DeMille–directed films.[2] After he broke his leg falling off a horse,[3] he took a clerical job at Walt Disney Studios.[3] In this position, he hired Bob Broughton.[4]
He subsequently began participating in production as a cameraman, accompanying Walt Disney on Disney's 1941 tour of South America,[5] and contributing to the productions of Three Caballeros, Saludos Amigos, and So Dear to My Heart.[2] In 1969, he wrote and directed the Disney film Hang Your Hat on the Wind.[6]
Recognition
[edit]Lansburgh's 1956 film Cow Dog was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel.[7] His 1957 Wetback Hound won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action),[8] and his 1960 The Horse with the Flying Tail won the 1961 Academy Award for Best Documentary.[9]
In 1998, he received a Disney Legends award.[1]
Lansburgh's film Dawn Flight was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Lansburgh was the son of architect G. Albert Lansburgh.[2]
His first wife, Janet Martin,[11] was originally Disney's publicist.[12]
He was a fervent equestrian,[13] and served as a judge at the American Royal Horse Show, where he met his second wife Olive.[14]
He died on his ranch in Eagle Point, Oregon.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Larry Lansburgh; Won 2 Academy Awards for His Animal Films, by Myrna Oliver, in the Los Angeles Times; published March 30, 2001; retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ a b c Lawrence M. Lansburgh, by Doug Galloway; in Variety; published April 4, 2001; retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ a b Disney Legends / Larry Lansburgh, at D23.com, retrieved October 8. 2018
- ^ Disney Legend Bob Broughton Celebrated, by Michael Broggie, in the Carolwood Chronicles: Official Journal of the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society; issue 36 (Spring 2009); retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ Walt’s People –: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him, Volume 11, by Didier Ghez, originally published in South of the Border with Disney, 2009, Walt Disney Family Foundation Press
- ^ Hang Your Hat on the Wind, at the British Film Institute; retrieved July 26, 2019
- ^ The 29th Academy Awards | 1957, at Oscars.org; retrieved August 29, 2024
- ^ The 30th Academy Awards | 1958, at oscars.org; retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ The 33rd Academy Awards | 1961, at oscars.org; retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
- ^ Unrehearsed Cougar 'Steals' TV Scene, by Steven H. Scheur, in the Charleston Gazette, April 23, 1959, p 7
- ^ as explained in the 2008 documentary Walt & El Grupo
- ^ The Tattooed Police Horse, by Rob Nixon, at Turner Classic Movies magazine; retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ Olive Boyd Beaham Lansburgh, at the Mail Tribune; published April 6, 2017; retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ Larry Lansburgh; Filmmaker, 89 - The New York Times Retrieved 2018-11-28.
External links
[edit]- 1911 births
- 2001 deaths
- Film directors from San Francisco
- People from Eagle Point, Oregon
- Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
- Producers who won the Live Action Short Film Academy Award
- Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
- Producers of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
- Walt Disney Animation Studios people
- Disney Legends