Claude Coats-- Walt Disney's Imagineer: The Making of Disneyland: from Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond

Claude Coats-- Walt Disney's Imagineer: The Making of Disneyland: from Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond
ISBN-10
1735769126
ISBN-13
9781735769127
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
2021-11-16
Author
DAVID A. BOSSERT

Description

Claude Coats: Walt Disney's Imagineer--The Making of Disneyland: From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond is the story of artist and designer Claude Coats who, for more than half a century, was one of the most prolific creative talents at The Walt Disney Company and, arguably, the most accomplished. An unpretentious man of strapping stature, Claude was the artist behind some of the stunning backgrounds produced at the Disney studio during the Golden Age of animation before becoming one of the founding members, handed-picked by Walt Disney, to start the fabled WED Enterprises--now known as Walt Disney Imagineering. Working side by side with Walt Disney, Claude Coats is considered a significant influence in creating the first theme park, Disneyland, and a new form of creativity called Imagineering. He forever changed the worlds of global entertainment, technology, architecture, and popular culture.