Born in Modesto, California, in 1912 and dying in 1998, James Algar joined Disney as an animator and directed the Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence in Fantasia. He then became the principal director of Disney's True-Life Adventures nature documentaries, which won several Oscars. In Beaver Valley (1950) won a Golden Bear in Berlin in 1951, and The Living Desert (1953) won the Oscar for best documentary feature. Others in the series include The Vanishing Prairie (1954).
Filmography
- In Beaver Valley (1950)
- The Living Desert (1953)
- The Vanishing Prairie (1954)