James Algar

Known for: Directing
Born: June 11, 1912, Modesto, California, USA
Died: February 26, 1998
Movies: 50

James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California and died in Carmel, California.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Fantasia

1940

7.0

Fantasia 2000

2000

6.5

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1949

6.7

The Incredible Journey

1963

6.8

The Wind in the Willows

1949

7.1

The Living Desert

1953

5.7

Victory Through Air Power

1943

7.1

The African Lion

1955

7.2

The Vanishing Prairie

1954

7.2

Jungle Cat

1960

Filmography

1978

From Fantasia to Fantasyland

self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2000	Fantasia 2000	Director
1978	Trail of Danger	Producer
1977	The Bluegrass Special	Producer
1975	The Secret of the Pond	Producer
1975	The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures	Director, Writer
1975	The Boy Who Talked to Badgers	Producer
1975	The Footloose Goose	Producer
1974	Two Against the Arctic	Producer
1974	Return of the Big Cat	Producer
1974	Carlo the Sierra Coyote	Director, Producer
1972	The City Fox	Writer, Director, Producer
1972	Mountain Born	Director
1971	The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou	Producer
1971	Project Florida	Writer, Director
1969	Rascal	Producer
1969	Solomon, the Sea Turtle	Producer
1967	One Day On Beetle Rock	Director, Producer
1967	Walt Disney Masterpieces	Director
1966	Run, Light Buck, Run	Writer
1964	One Day at Teton Marsh	Producer
1963	The Incredible Journey	Writer
1962	The Legend of Lobo	Screenplay, Director
1961	A Fire Called Jeremiah	Director
1960	Jungle Cat	Director
1960	Islands of the Sea	Director
1959	Nature's Strangest Creatures	Director
1958	Grand Canyon	Director
1958	White Wilderness	Director
1957	The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades	Director, Writer
1957	Tricks of Our Trade	Director
1956	Secrets of Life	Director, Writer
1955	The African Lion	Director
1954	The Vanishing Prairie	Director
1953	The Living Desert	Director
1953	Prowlers of the Everglades	Director
1953	The Alaskan Eskimo	Director
1953	Bear Country	Director, Writer
1952	The Olympic Elk	Director, Writer
1951	Nature's Half Acre	Director
1950	Beaver Valley	Director
1949	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	Director
1949	The Wind in the Willows	Director
1948	Seal Island	Director
1945	Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health	Director
1945	Something You Didn't Eat	Director
1943	Victory Through Air Power	Director
1942	Four Methods of Flush Riveting	Director
1940	Fantasia	Director
1940	The Sorcerer’s Apprentice	Director

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