I wasn’t ever sure that was just a trick.”ĭisney has endured its own fair share of ups and downs through the decades, including a long, bleak period after Walt Disney’s death in December 1966 (the era known as the Disney Renaissance began when Michael Eisner was named CEO in 1984). And he was 8 when he went to Disney World, where he was “traumatized for life by two events: 1) Riding Space Mountain with my mother while she screamed to God to save us 2) The part at the end of Haunted Mansion where a ghost in a mirror appeared to be riding with me out the exit. “When I started school, education become significant only when a teacher reached into a stack of those giant Disney clamshells for a ‘movie day.’ By the time I was taking a first-grade field trip to see The Little Mermaid for a music class, I was thoroughly indoctrinated,” says Simien. Every new film or series is a chance to create a connection that audiences can carry with them for a lifetime,” he says.įilmmaker Justin Simien, who directed the upcoming live-action film Haunted Mansion, was obsessed with Disney cartoons that he watched as a kid on his favorite toy, a Fisher-Price Movie viewer. “We always aim to deliver great stories that resonate with people around the world and that stand the test of time. Today, Bergman oversees all of the various film labels as chairman of Disney Studios Content, as well as theatrical stage productions. As a kid, he could see the fireworks show at Disneyland from his family’s home in Orange County. That includes Disney movie studios chief Alan Bergman. Its brand is part public consciousness many remember a Disney memory from their childhood. is Hollywood’s leading entertainment corporation and among the world’s best-known companies with a portfolio that includes a marquee film stable, television, stage plays, theme parks, cruise ships and a streaming service, among other ventures. Of Disney, with his boss, chairman and CEO Eisner Mark peterson/Corbis via Getty ImagesĪ century later, The Walt Disney Co. At the 2003 ABC upfronts, Bob Iger (left), then president
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