Joshua Meador, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joshua Meador

American film special effects artist and animator

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1911

Place of Birth: Greenwood, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 24-Aug-1965

Profession: animator, painter, special effects artist, effects animator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joshua Meador (March 12, 1911 - August 24, 1965) was an animator, special effects artist, and animation director for the Disney studio.
He was a member of the team that created the special effects for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), for which the Walt Disney Studio won an Academy Award.
Meador also created the animation effects for the 1956 MGM science-fiction film Forbidden Planet, most notably the "Monster from the Id" that attacks the spaceship.