Sorcerer's Apprentice director James Algar
Caption: Sorcerer's Apprentice director James Algar
Director, Writer, Producer
Born: June 11, 1912
Star sign: Gemini
Known for: Bambi (1942), Fantasia/2000 (1999), The Living Desert (1953), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Source: IMDB
James Algar studied at Stanford where he developed his skills as a cartoonist by drawing for the university's satirical magazine, The Chaparral. He joined the Disney Organisation in 1934, initially as animator. He directed the classic "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of Fantasia (1940), as well as several sequences of Bambi (1942). Algar was one of ...