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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 ...
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William Bartlett "Bill" Peet was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer for Walt Disney Productions.
He joined the company in 1937 as an artist initially working on Donald Duck cartoons until he was moved to the story department.
Peet worked on films, such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, The Three Caballeros, Song of the South, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, as well as other short films, such as Goliath II, Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Susie the Little Blue Coupe, and more. He left Walt Disney Productions in 1964 following an argument with Walt Disney over the story production of The Jungle Book to focus on his career as a children's book author and illustrator.
In his 1989 autobiography, Peet said he drew both Captain Hook in Peter Pan and Merlin in The Sword in the Stone to look like Walt. He was honored as a Disney Legend in 1996.
Writer:
•Pinocchio (1940) (uncredited)
•Fantasia (The Pastoral Symphony) (1940)
•Dumbo (1941)
•How to Play Football (1944) (uncredited)
•The Three Caballeros (1945)
We discovered Bill Peet when my mother in law pulled out boxes of children's books from her basement she had collected for my husband when he was a young boy. Our first read was The Caboose Who Got Loose and after that we were hooked!
- Born to Draw. Life wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Bill when he was young—even though he did like to draw those. He was born into poverty in a rural town on the southern tip of Indiana.
- A Rough Start. Despite what Bill may have imagined would happen when he strolled through the door at Walt’s animation studio, he was not immediately given a seat as a lead animator.
- Taking Charge. Bill was a hard-working, talented animator, and his vision drove him to helm the creation of multiple Disney-produced films. He was the only story man in the company’s history to draw every single storyboard for an entire film—twice.
- King of the Jungle. The last work that Bill did with the Walt Disney company was early pre-production planning on the studio’s animated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s novel, The Jungle Book.
Go to Bill Peet's Story for a short autobiography. In this sketch, Bill recalled a wreck he witnessed at Indianapolis Raceway. On race day, he changed lap numbers on the score board or sold newspapers.
Feb 10, 2019 · In 1937, when he was 22 years old, Bill Peet began working for Walt Disney Studios and shortly thereafter married Margaret Brunst. Despite clashes with Walt Disney, Peet stayed at Walt Disney Studios for 27 years.
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS. This was the first animated Disney feature film done by a single storyman. Bill Peet not only did all of the story boards, but he also wrote the script, and designed the characters. The author of 101 Dalmatians, Dodie Smith, complimented him on his treatment and thought he had improved on the story (see below).
