Ken Anderson (animator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ken Anderson (animator)

Art director, story artist and layout artist

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1909

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1993

Profession: screenwriter, architect, character designer, background artist, story artist, concept artist, layout artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Kenneth B.
(Ken) Anderson (March 17, 1909 – December 13, 1993) was an art director and writer at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 44 years. Anderson studied architecture at the University of Washington, graduating with a B.Arch.
in 1934.
He was particularly influenced by faculty member Lionel Pries. With the delineation skills he learned in architecture school, he soon secured a position at Disney.
Anderson was a key player in some of the studio's most well-known animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and The Jungle Book.
He also worked on the development of Disneyland.
Ken is a 1991 winner of the Disney Legends award for Animation & Imagineering. Ken Anderson died in La Cañada Flintridge from a stroke at the age of 84.