John Wilson

animation department, director, producer

John Wilson was born on Aug 08, 1919 in UK. John Wilson's big-screen debut came with Shinbone Alley directed by John Wilson in 1970. John Wilson is known for Stanley, the Ugly Duckling directed by John Wilson, Susan Blu stars as Stanley and Jack DeLeon as Nathan. The most recent award John Wilson achieved is CINE Competition. The upcoming new movie John Wilson plays is Stanley, the Ugly Duckling which will be released on May 01, 1982.

John was wounded in WWII, while serving in the British Army "Desert Rats", in North Africa. Being a graphic artist, on return to England, he started as asst. art director at Pinewood Studio, with David Lean. Seeing a note on the studio notice board asking for cartoonists and artists to apply at GBA, Cookham, for work as animators, John applied, and was accepted. Here, under David Hand, (ex Disney director of Snow-White, Bambi), he worked for four years, becoming a first rate animator and director. GBA closed, John moved to US, and Disney, working on Peter Pan, and Lady & the Tramp, in Les Clark's unit. In 1954 he left Disney to start Fine Arts Films producing