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Don DaGradi (March 1, 1911 – August 4, 1991) was an American writer for Disney who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955.
Screenwriter Don DaGradi always called himself a “misplaced cartoonist” at heart. He began his career painting backgrounds for Disney animated films and, ultimately, went on to co-script such memorable films as the Academy Award ® winning Mary Poppins.
Don DaGradi was born on 29 September 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Mary Poppins (1964), Lady and the Tramp (1955) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). He died on 4 August 1991 in Friday Harbor, Washington, USA.
Don DaGradi was an American screenwriter and layout artist, best known for his work with Disney. DaGradi started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons, such as Der Fuehrer's Face. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other Disney films.
Dec 19, 2013 · P.L. Travers reads through the Mary Poppins script with screenwriter Don DaGradi and brothers Robert and Richard Sherman, the duo behind the film's music. The infamous meetings took place at the Disney Studios in L.A. in 1961.
Aug 4, 1991 · Art. Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney.
DaGradi, Don (1911-1991) Storyman/writer who was first a writer on the shorts, then on such films as Pinocchio, Bambi, Fantasia, Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty.
