1983

Events

 * April 1 - Walt Disney Pictures is opened as a studio division.

Feature films

 * March 11 - Trenchcoat
 * March 25 - The Sword in the Stone (limited) (re-issue)
 * April 29 - Something Wicked This Way Comes
 * July 15 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-issue)
 * October 7 - Never Cry Wolf (limited)
 * December 16 - The Rescuers (re-issue)

Shorts

 * March 25 - Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
 * December 16 - Mickey's Christmas Carol
 * Disney's Haunted Halloween
 * A Goofy Look at Valentine's Day
 * Donald Duck's Cartoon Jamboree

Television

 * April 18 - The Disney Channel begins broadcasting

Movies

 * October 9 - Tiger Town
 * October 31 - Hansel and Gretel

Theme parks

 * March 3 - The original Journey Into Imagination ride-through attraction opens at Epcot.
 * April 15 - Tokyo Disneyland opens to the public.
 * May 23 - Pinocchio's Daring Journey opens at Disneyland.
 * May 25 - The new Fantasyland opens at Disneyland as a heavily-revamped version of the original version.
 * June 4 - 18-year-old Philip Straughan of Albuquerque, New Mexico drowned in the Rivers of America while trying to pilot a rubber emergency boat from Tom Sawyer's Island that he and a friend had stolen from a "cast members only" area of the island.
 * October 1 - Horizons opens at Epcot.

Home video releases

 * March - The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
 * April - American Heroes: Featuring Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill
 * Where The Toys Come From?
 * July -
 * The Great Locomotive Chase
 * Johnny Tremain and the Sons of Liberty
 * September - Walt Disney Cartoon Classics (Volumes 1 to 3): Chip 'n' Dale with Donald Duck, Pluto and Scary Tales
 * October -
 * Tron
 * Tex
 * Something Wicked This Way Comes
 * November -
 * Walt Disney Cartoon Classics (Volumes 4 to 6): Sport Goofy, Disney's Best of 1931-1948, and More Sport Goofy
 * Kidnapped
 * December 27 -
 * In Search of the Castaways
 * The Happiest Millionaire

Births

 * January 2 - Kate Bosworth (actress and singer)
 * January 4 - Kerry Condon (actress)
 * January 7 - Brett Dalton (actor)
 * January 17 - Rickey Collins (actor and voice actor)
 * January 19 - Hikaru Utada (singer and songwriter)
 * January 24 - Rupak Ginn (actor and writer)
 * January 29 - Max Goldblatt (actor, writer and director)
 * February 23 -
 * Emily Blunt (actress)
 * Aziz Ansari (actor and comedian)
 * February 27 - Kate Mara (actress)
 * March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o (actress and director)
 * March 10 -
 * Khadijah Haqq (actress)
 * Malika Haqq (actress)
 * Carrie Underwood (singer and actress)
 * March 28 - Natalie Lander (actress and singer)
 * March 31 - Ashleigh Ball (voice actress and musician)
 * April 1 - Matt Lanter (actor)
 * April 2 - Yū Hayashi (voice actor)
 * April 10 - Jamie Chung (actress) and Ryan Merriman (actor)
 * May 6 - Adrianne Palicki (actress)
 * May 14 - Amber Tamblyn (actress)
 * May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson (actor, director and screenwriter)
 * May 19 - Jessica Fox (actress)
 * June 10 - Leelee Sobieski (actress)
 * June 20 - Grace Potter (singer)
 * July 6 - Brady Bluhm (actor)
 * July 29 - Tania Gunadi (actress)
 * August 9 - Ashley Johnson (actress)
 * August 11 - Chris Hemsworth (actor)
 * August 13 - Sebastian Stan (actor)
 * August 14 - Mila Kunis (actress)
 * September 5 - Christian Buenaventura (actor)
 * September 21 - Joseph Mazzello (actor)
 * September 25 - Donald Glover (actor, screnwriter and comedian)
 * October 5 - Jesse Eisenberg (actor, voice actor and author)
 * October 17 - Felicity Jones (actress)
 * October 24 - Adrienne Bailon (actress and singer)
 * November 7 - Adam DeVine (comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter)
 * November 18 - Robert Kazinsky (actor)
 * November 19 - Adam Driver (actor)
 * November 22 - Andrew J. West (actor)
 * November 24 - Karine Vanasse (actress)
 * December 2 - Jana Kramer (actress and singer) and Daniela Ruah (actress)

Deaths

 * January 17 - John W. Dunn (screenwriter and animator)
 * January 17 - Doodles Weaver (actor and comedian)
 * February 10 - Eduard Franz (actor)
 * March 27 - James Hayter (actor)
 * May 23 - George Bruns (composer)
 * July 29 - David Niven (actor)
 * July 30 - Lynn Fontanne (actresss)
 * September 5 - Yale Gracey (Imagineer)
 * September 30 - Freddy Martin (musician)
 * December 8 - Slim Pickens (actor)
 * December 18 - Leora Dana (actress)
 * December 28 - William Demarest (actor)
 * December 31 - Ralph Wright (actor, screenwriter and director)

Artists Joined

 * Rob Minkoff - Director for The Lion King and The Haunted Mansion.
 * Kelvin Yasuda - Effects Animator on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Oliver & Company.
 * Philip Phillipson - Background Designer on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.
 * Kelly Asbury - Disney/DreamWorks Director and Screenwriter who worked on Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Toy Story.
 * Philo Barnhart - Assistant Animator on The Little Mermaid and The Rescuers Down Under.
 * June M. Fujimoto - Lead Key Assistant Animator on Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Princess and the Frog.
 * Stephen Hickner - Current Storyboard Artist for Dreamworks Animation. Worked as an Assistant Animator on The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective and The Brave Little Toaster.
 * Jane Tucker - Assistant Animator on Tarzan, The Little Mermaid and Hercules.
 * Steve Starr - Assistant Effects Animator on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.