Ken Anderson

Ken "Kenneth B." Anderson' (March 17, 1909 – January 13, 1993) was an art director, writer, and animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 44 years. Anderson studied architecture at the University of Washington, graduating with a B.Arch. in 1934. He was particularly influenced by faculty member Lionel Pries. With the delineation skills he learned in architecture school, he soon secured a position at Disney. Anderson was a key player in some of the most well-known animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Jungle Book. He also worked on the development of Disneyland. Ken is a 1991 winner of the Disney Legends award for Animation & Imagineering. Ken Anderson died from a stroke at the age of 84.

Screenwriter

 * The Rescuers (1977)
 * The Aristocats (1970)
 * The Jungle Book (1967)
 * Cinderella (1950)
 * So Dear to My Heart (1948)
 * Melody Time (1948)

Art director

 * The Sword in the Stone (1963)
 * Symphony No. 6 section of Fantasia (1940)
 * Pinocchio (1940)
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Animator

 * The Fox and the Hound (1981, coordinating animator, uncredited)
 * Pete's Dragon (1977)
 * Song of the South (1946)
 * The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
 * Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
 * The Goddess of Spring (1934)

Production designer

 * "The Aristocats" (1970)
 * One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
 * Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Short story author

 * The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
 * Robin Hood (1973)

Actor

 * The Story of Three Loves (1953)

Consultant

 * Peter Pan (1953)

Architect/designer

 * Disneyland and the EPCOT Center