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, and one of Disney's so-called Nine Old Men.

Kahl is often considered the finest draughtsman of the Disney animators. He would often refine the characters 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

• Snow White: Forest Animals, The Prince, the dwarfs dancing with Snow White
• Pinocchio: Pinocchio, Pinocchio as a real boy
• Saludos Amigos: Llama
• Melody Time: Johnny Apple Seed, Johnny's Guardian Angel, Slue Foot Sue
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: MacBadger, Brom Bones
• Cinderella: Fairy Godmother, The King, The Grand Duke
• Alice In Wonderland: Alice in crocket party, Flamingo, Dodo
• Peter Pan: Peter Pan
• Lady and the Tramp: Tramp
• Sleeping Beauty: Prince Philip, King Hubert (his scene with Philip)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians: Roger and Anita Radcliffe
• The Sword in the Stone: Sir Ector, Sir Kay, Madame Mim, Merlin
• The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh: Tigger
• The Jungle Book: Shere Khan, King Louie
• The Aristocats: Edgar, George
• Robin Hood: The Sheriff of Nottingham, Allan-a-Dale (the rooster)
• The Rescuers: Madame Medusa and Mr. Snoops

[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.
• http://www.1on1animation.com/bedknobs%20lion.swf Flash animation of a pencil-test of Kahl's character "The Soccer Lion" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks