Directing at Disney with the Sons of Disney Legend and Director Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman

In conjunction with our current special exhibition, Directing at Disney, the sons of Disney Legend and influential director and artist Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman will be joining us for an exclusive talk about their father’s work, legacy, and lasting impact, along with their own involvement in the feature films that he directed.

Tickets for Directing at Disney with the Sons of Disney Legend and Director Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman are available as follows:

• Walt’s Circle Donors: Purchase tickets beginning Wednesday, January 22 at noon PT by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
• Founding, Supporter, and Friend-level members: Purchase tickets beginning Thursday, January 23 at noon PT by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
• All member levels: Purchase tickets online beginning Friday, January 24 at noon PT via the Member Portal.
• Public (non-members): Remaining tickets available online beginning Saturday, January 25 at noon PT.

Upgrade your membership to receive priority access to purchase tickets. Membership dues and Walt's Circle donations may be paid as monthly installments or as a one-time annual payment. For more information, please email the Membership Department at membership@wdfmuseum.org.

Bruce Reitherman is a son of Disney Legend Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman—prolific, respected and influential member of Walt’s “Nine Old Men.” Among many other noteworthy credits, Woolie directed Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) and The Jungle Book (1967). Bruce performed the character voices of Christopher Robin and Mowgli in those two 1960s classics. But Bruce’s experience with rabbit holes and “bare necessities” didn’t stop there. As a young man, his passion for the outdoors drew him deep into the natural world as he enjoyed stints working as a river guide, field biologist, naturalist, and expedition leader. Then, during a period spanning two decades, he produced and/or shot more than 20 primetime television nature documentaries broadcast by BBC, PBS, National Geographic, and others. Over the last 20 years, Bruce has worked closer to home and refocused his interests on the conservation of wildlife habitat, open-space, and agriculture. Now happily retired, he has rededicated himself to a new documentary film project entitled, Woolie, which looks at the remarkable life his father lived both inside and outside of The Walt Disney Studios.

Robert (Bob) Reitherman is one of the three sons of Disney animator and director/producer Wolfgang Reitherman, who was one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men.” Bob’s current project is producing a book on his father’s art—not the artwork done for any particular Disney film but the art school work he did that led to him being hired by Disney. That story is similar to that of several other artists hired in the 1930s as Disney was investing in developing the quality of animated movies, leading up to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and others now regarded as classics. Bob’s Disney film experience is quite minor: He did live action modelling for The Sword in the Stone (1963), an animated feature film directed by his father. The bulk of his career has been in the earthquake engineering field. He has written the award-winning history of that discipline, Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History (2011), in addition to other books and a number of technical papers.

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