Bill Peet | |
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![]() Peet autographing a drawing of Hubert the Lion in 1974 | |
Born | William Bartlett Peet[1] January 29, 1915 Grandview, Indiana, United States |
Died | May 11, 2002 (aged 87) Studio City, California, United States |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California |
Education | Herron School of Art and Design |
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Years active | 1937–1990 |
Employer | Walt Disney Animation Studios (1937–1964) |
Spouse |
Margaret Brunst (m. 1937) |
Children | 2 |
William Bartlett Peet (né Peed;[1] January 29, 1915 – May 11, 2002) was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Peet joined Disney in 1937 and worked first on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) near the end of its production. Progressively, his involvement in the Disney studio's animated feature films and shorts increased, and he remained there until early in the development of The Jungle Book (1967). A row with Walt Disney over the direction of the project led to a permanent personal break.
Peet's subsequent career was as a writer and illustrator of numerous children's books, including Capyboppy (1966), The Wump World (1970), The Whingdingdilly (1970), The Ant and the Elephant (1972), and Cyrus the Unsinkable Serpent (1975).