Milt Kahl

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Milton Erwin Kahl (born March 22, 1909, in San Francisco, California, USA; died April 19, 1987, in Mill Valley, California, USA, of pneumonia) was an animator for the Disney studio. Kahl is often considered the finest draughtsman of the Disney animators. He would often refine the charaters sketches from Bill Peet with the ideas of Ken Anderson. For many years the final look for the characters in the Disney films were designed by Kahl, in his angular style inspired by Ronald Searle and Picasso. He is revered by contemporary masters of the form, such as Andreas Deja, and Brad Bird. In the book The Animator's Survival Kit the author Richard Williams makes repeated reference and anecdotes relating to Kahl.

[edit] Characters animated by Kahl

• Pinocchio: Pinocchio, and later Pinocchio as a real boy
• Lady and the Tramp: Tramp
• Sleeping Beauty: Prince Philip
• Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day: Tigger
• The Jungle Book: Shere Khan
• Robin Hood: The Sheriff of Nottingham
• The Rescuers: Madame Medusa and Rufus

[edit] External links

• Milt Kahl at the Internet Movie Database
• Disney Legends
• "King Kahl: A personal look at Disney's master animator, Milt Kahl" by Floyd Norman (JimHillMedia.com)
• A Milt Kahl lecture at CalArts from 1976 on The Animation Podcast
• Flash animation of a pencil-test of Kahl's character "The Fairy Godmother" from Cinderella.
• Flash animation of a pencil-test of Kahl's character "The Soccer Lion"