Man of the Century

I would say the man of the century to me is Walt Disney. He has certainly created a dramatic shift in human Entertainment. He created Mickey Mouse and produced the first full-length animated movie. He invented the theme park and originated the modern multimedia corporation. For better or worse, his innovations have shaped our world and the way we experience it. And most notably, he is a nominee for 48 Academy Awards and 7 Emmys and also holds the most record for Oscar nominations. That shows how much he has contributed to motion-pictures and to peoples’ enjoyments of television programmes and how his programmes were received by the masses. At a time when parents were looking for programmes that were safe for their children, Walt’s motion pictures provided a good source of entertainment, never crossing the boundary. What about him that impresses me the most is that he was a twenty-two time Academy Award winning American film producer, screenwriter, director, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, visionary and philanthropist.His name is a household word among people who have little or no knowledge of American film. It is even familiar to children. He had earned a good name for himself in the face of huge challenges and hurdles. Being born in a poor family and having a feckless father who turned into sour failures amidst few success, Walt was determined to escape from his father’s poor state of life and to strive for success. Reduced to living in his studio and eating cold beans out of a can, Disney endured the hard times any worthwhile success story demands. Disney was the first to add a music and effects track to a cartoon, and that, coupled with anarchically inventive animation, wowed audiences, especially in the early days of sound, when live-action films were hobbled to immobile microphones. He was also a great risk taker when he risked everything for his production ‘Snow white and the seven Drawfs ’ and it won him so much of accolades. Although he was a poor animator, he proved to be a first-class gag man and story editor. Even in the face of critics who hectored him, he proved to be a fascinator. I admire him most for his contributions to making people’s world happier and enjoyable. It is not an easy task to make someone feel happy. Walt has done beyond that and had been an extraordinary man in the field of Entertainment.

Sources :http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/disney3.html
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney