Walt Disney Organizational Chart of 1943

By Alex in Comics & Cartoons on Aug 17, 2008 at 12:54 pm


Larger image at Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research: Link

How did Disney (during the Walt Disney era) make movies? This organization chart from a 1943 booklet The Ropes At Disney showed that everything started with Walt himself, who focused on story and direction, and let others deal with the details …

Links: Disney Organizational Chart 1943 | The Ropes at Disney at Cartoon Brew


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  1. seekshelter
    Aug 17th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    nurse and morgue??? what did walt have his hand in?? and why were they involved in movie making?? they should have thrown in leg breakers and clone developers…

  2. Dandy
    Aug 18th, 2008 at 5:09 am

    Based on his successes, I would say that it was obviously a good chart, and a good way of doing things.

  3. Steve
    Aug 18th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Morgue is a very curious role. I also wonder exactly what role the “Army/Navy Coordinator” had. Perhaps interacting with the company about when employees would be on duty? I’d like to hear more on these.

  4. Steve
    Aug 18th, 2008 at 9:26 am

    Here’s the answer: The morgue is where old footage, drawings, etc. are archived. Makes sense. Found the answer here: http://www.animationshow.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3099


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