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Ted Berman was an American film director, animator, and screenwriter, who served on the Disney staff. As an animator and director, Berman gave life to some of the most memorable characters in film history, including Bambi and characters from Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, and Alice in Wonderland.

Born in eastern Los Angeles, Berman honed his artistic skills from his earliest days, California Institute of Art attending the Chouinard Art Institute forerunner and winning numerous competitions as a child newspaper. Joining Disney in 1940, Berman worked on numerous successful theatrical releases by the Mouse House in addition to his work on television, such as Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and The Mickey Mouse Club. Turning to writing and directing in his later years, Berman served as a scribe to popular later Efforts from the studio, such as The Rescuers (1977) and The Fox and the Hound (1981), in addition to later directing Disney's first PG-rated theatrical release The Black Cauldron (1985).

In July of 2001, Berman died of heart failure in Los Angeles, CA. He was 81.

Filmography[]

Year Film Position
1940 Fantasia Assistant Animator - uncredited
"The Rite of Spring"
1942 Bambi Animator - uncredited
1947 Fun and Fancy Free Character Animator - uncredited
"Bongo"
1951 Alice in Wonderland Character Animator - uncredited
1951-1970 The Magical World of Disney Story
Writer
Animator
1953 Peter Pan Character Animator - uncredited
1955 Lady and the Tramp Character Animator - uncredited
1958 Paul Bunyan Story
1959 Sleeping Beauty Character Animator - uncredited
1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Character Animator
1961 The Litterbug Animator
1964 Mary Poppins Animator - uncredited
1969 It's Tough to Be a Bird Story
1969 The Social Side of Health Story
1970 Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? Writer
1971 The Million Dollar Duck Title Designer
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Animation Story Supervisor - uncredited
1972 The Mouse Factory writer: "Spooks and Magic"
1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Story: "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too"
1977 The Rescuers Additional Story
1981 The Fox and the Hound Screenplay
Director
1985 The Black Cauldron Story
Director

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