William Barnard Justice was an American animator and engineer for the Walt Disney Company.
11 Facts About Bill Justice
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Bill Justice was a graduate of the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis.
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Bill Justice joined Walt Disney Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as Fantasia, The Three Caballeros, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan.
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Bill Justice is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit Thumper from Bambi and chipmunks Chip 'n Dale.
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Bill Justice was the director of The Truth About Mother Goose, Noah's Ark, and A Symposium On Popular Songs, all of which were nominated for Academy Awards as Best Short Subject, Cartoon.
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In total, Bill Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features.
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In 1960, Bill Justice started redesigning and making new Disney character costumes for Disneyland, and later for the other Disney parks and resorts.
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In 1965, Bill Justice joined Walt Disney Imagineering, where he programmed figures for several Disney attractions such as Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and Country Bear Jamboree.
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Bill Justice retired from the Disney Company in 1979 and was named a Disney Legend in 1996.
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Bill Justice is the author of Justice for Disney, which chronicles his years with the company.
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Bill Justice died of natural causes at a nursing home in Santa Monica, California, one day after his 97th birthday.