Walt Disney, a famous American producer, made some of the world's most magical films.

Children and grown-ups have watched his films about funny Donald Duck, brave Mickey Mouse, beautiful Snow White, little Bambi and lovely Mary Poppins.

A talented businessman, he also created Disneyland, a magical park, where children and their parents are entertained by Disney's characters.

Walt Disney was born on the 5 th of December, 1901 in Chicago Illinois, to his father Elias Disney, and mother Flora Call Disney.

In his childhood young Walt spent a lot of time on a farm, where he learned to study nature and animals. He wasn't a good student at school because he always found things that interested him more than school such as movie house and drawing.

His family wasn't a rich one and Walt worked hard helping his father.

After the First World War he managed to set up his own film company. He rented an old camera and a garage. He became the owner of a small studio. He loved cartoons and was full of ideas.

Disney's cartoon films became popular all over the world.

The Disney studios continued producing movies after Walt's death in Wherever American films are shown, the name of "Disney" still draws the crowds.