Burny Mattinson(1935-2023)
- Writer
- Animation Department
- Art Department
Burny Mattinson's helmed the Academy Award-nominated 1983 animated
featurette "Mickey's Christmas Carol." In 1986, wrote, produced and
directed "The Great Mouse Detective." Mattinson's worked on"Sleeping
Beauty," "101 Dalmatians," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Jungle Book,"
"The Aristocats" and "The Rescuers." He was a key story team member on
Disney's contemporary classics: "Aladdin," "Beauty & the Beast," "The
Lion King, "Pocahontas," "Mulan," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and
"Tarzan." Mattinson joined Disney in 1953 at age 18 without formal art
training, and started work as an in-betweener for "Lady and the Tramp"
less than 6 months later.
