Biography
Wilfred Emmons Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, musical arranger, and director best known for his work with Walt Disney Productions.
Known For
Complete Filmography

100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration
2023
Director
Fragments from Cinderella (1922), Alice’s Wonderland (1923), Trolley Troubles (1927), Steamboat Willie (1928), Clock Cleaners (1937), The Old Mill (19...

Everybody Loves Mickey
2001
Director
A compilation of classic Walt Disney clips from Mickey Mouse's long and illustrious career as the world's most recognised and best loved cartoon chara...

Disney's American Legends
2001
Director
Meet the doers and dreamers who made America great -- including John Henry, the railroad builder who proved the value of believing in oneself. Journey...

Mickey's Family Album
1998
Director

Donald Duck's First 50 Years
1984
Director
Includes: "The Wise Little Hen," "Donald and Pluto," "Don Donald," "Donald's Nephews," "Donald's Double Trouble," "Rugged Bear"

Walt Disney Masterpieces
1967
Director
A Walt Disney anthology of eleven Academy-Award winning films: Flowers and Trees, The Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, Three Orphan Kitte...

Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom
1959
Director
Professor Owl teaches his class about the elements of musical instruments, melody and inspirations for songs. The show is primarily made up of footage...
An Adventure in Art
1958
Director
This is Walt Disney's tribute to the artists in his employ. Inspired by Robert Henri's The Art Spirit, four of Disney's artists created their interpre...

4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art'
1958
Director
Four Disney artists paint their own interpretations of a tree, and explain their techniques and methods.

Tricks of Our Trade
1957
Director
With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-ho...

The Great Cat Family
1956
Director
Tells the history of cats from the days of the Egyptians to the present and shows how they have been used in Disney films.

The Story of the Animated Drawing
1955
Director
Walt Disney discusses the history of animation, beginning with J. Stuart Blackton and his Humorous Phases of Funny Faces in 1906, and including Gertie...

The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland
1955
Director
With the grand opening of Disneyland just a matter of days away, Walt Disney brings us an update on the construction of the new magic kingdom. Winston...

Lady and the Tramp
1955
Director
Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at...

Music Land
1955
Director
Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' an...

Cavalcade of Songs
1955
Director
Walt discusses the importance of music in his films, as he mentions important tunes from them, as well as provide emphasis on the music of the then-up...

A Story of Dogs
1954
as Self

The Disneyland Story
1954
Director
Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily ...

Peter Pan
1953
Director
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Ne...

The Little House
1952
Director
A small house has to try to compete with progress and the encroaching press of the big city.

Alice in Wonderland
1951
Director
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades...

Cinderella
1950
Director
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinde...

The Legend of Johnny Appleseed
1948
Director
Dennis Day tells the story of Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), narrated by The Old Settler. He's an apple farmer who sees people going west and thinks...

Melody Time
1948
Director
In the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless stories, each enhanced with high-spirited music and unf...

Song of the South
1946
Director
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on...

A Feather in His Collar
1946
Director
Made for the Community Chests of America, Pluto demonstrates his community spirit by donating his collection of bones.

Aquarela do Brasil
1942
Director
José Carioca, showing Donald Duck around South America and introducing him to the samba

Saludos Amigos
1942
Director
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba bea...

The New Spirit
1942
Director
Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.

Dumbo
1941
Director
Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, ...

Golden Eggs
1941
Director
Donald reads in his newspaper that eggs are really going up in value and the price is skyrocketing. Donald realizes that if he had some eggs, he would...

Fantasia
1940
Director
Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience...

Pinocchio
1940
Director
A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1938
Director
Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers, and Humpty Dumpty is W...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Sequence Supervisor, Director
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jeal...

The Old Mill
1937
Director
Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and ot...
Mickey's Review
1937
Director
A Mickey Mouse theatrical anthology with Mickey's Grand Opera, More Kittens, The Worm Turns, Mickey's Rival and Little Hiawatha

Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
1937
Director
A compilation of five Oscar-winning Disney shorts, released to help promote the upcoming release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Namely: FLOWERS A...

Woodland Café
1937
Director
Bugs of all kinds convene on a jazz club for an evening of fun.

Mother Pluto
1936
Director
Pluto accidentally hatches a bunch of chickens and looks after them until the hen returns.

The Country Cousin
1936
Director
Monty Citymouse invites his cousin Abner Countrymouse for a visit and shows him the ways of the big city, including traps, eating quietly, and busy tr...

Toby Tortoise Returns
1936
Director
Toby Tortoise is back, and this time he and Max Hare box instead of racing.

Mickey's Rival
1936
Director
Minnie's old friend, Mortimer Mouse, drops in on Mickey and Minnie's picnic. His practical jokes and coming on to Minnie soon have Mickey stewing, and...

Elmer Elephant
1936
Director
Little Elmer Elephant has a crush on Tillie Tiger and his affection is reciprocated. Trouble is, the pint-sized pachyderm is beset by bullies who ridi...

Mickey's Grand Opera
1936
Director
Mickey is preparing to conduct an opera when he chases Pluto away. Pluto crashes into a magician's props backstage and spars with the hat, its rabbits...

Music Land
1935
Director
Musical instruments are the stars of a romantic fable set in the Land of Symphony and the Isle of Jazz, two islands separated by the Sea of Discord. T...

Mickey's Garden
1935
Director
The insects have completely taken over Mickey's garden. He spritzes them with insecticide, but runs out and they keep feasting. He mixes a new batch. ...

Water Babies
1935
Director
A colony of nymph babies bathe and play in a river.

The Band Concert
1935
Director
Mickey is trying to lead a concert of The William Tell Overture, but he's continually disrupted by ice cream vendor Donald, who uses a seemingly endle...

The Tortoise and the Hare
1935
Director
The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jac...

The Goddess of Spring
1934
Director
The goddess is greeted by dancing flowers and fairies. The devil comes and takes her away to be his queen. She's despondent, as winter settles in abov...

Peculiar Penguins
1934
Director
Penguins dance and play in Antarctica.

The Wise Little Hen
1934
Director
Join Donald Duck in his debut in the classic animated short The Wise Little Hen. The Little Hen is planting corn and would like to have help from Pete...

Funny Little Bunnies
1934
Director
We see bunny rabbits preparing for Easter, by making chocolate eggs and rabbits, decorating eggs, and weaving and filling baskets.

The Grasshopper and the Ants
1934
Director
As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food f...

The China Shop
1934
Director
The elderly owner of a china shop leaves for the night, and the various figurines and decorated mugs come to life. A demonic figure captures an upper-...

The Night Before Christmas
1933
Director
A narrator sings the opening stanzas of the classic poem while we see the house at rest. Santa lands on the roof, comes down the chimney, and opens hi...

The Pet Store
1933
Director
Mickey Mouse's new job at Tony's Pet Store is jeopardized when Beppo the Gorilla escapes and kidnaps Minnie. Mickey fights back with the help of the o...

The Pied Piper
1933
Director
The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lu...

Puppy Love
1933
Director
Mickey's in trouble when Pluto and Fifi eat Minnie's chocolates.

Lullaby Land
1933
Director
A baby is transported to Lullaby Land, where pacifiers grow on trees, diapers, bottles, and potty chairs march on parade, and the gingham dog comes to...

Mickey's Mechanical Man
1933
Director
Mickey has built a robot to compete in the boxing ring against the giant gorilla, the Kongo Killer. Whenever it hears Minnie's car horn, it goes crazy...

Father Noah's Ark
1933
Director
Noah, his family (wife, 3 sons, their wives), and various animals all help build the ark. The rains come, and the skunks barely miss the boat (not tha...

Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933
Director
Mickey Mouse and his friends stage their own production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Santa's Workshop
1932
Director
Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.

The Klondike Kid
1932
Director
Mickey plays piano in the Klondike Bar. He rescues a depressed, half-frozen Minnie. Pegleg Pierre comes storming in and steals her away, after a gun b...

Touchdown Mickey
1932
Director
Mickey's Manglers get a couple of last-quarter touchdowns and tie the football game with the Alley Cats, 96 to 96. Can Mickey score the winning touchd...

The Whoopee Party
1932
Director
A house party. While Minnie plays piano and the guests dance, Mickey, Goofy, and Horace prepare a snack, which is brought out to much fanfare and imme...

Mickey in Arabia
1932
Director
Mickey and Minnie are touring Arabia when she catches the eye of sheik Pete.

The Bears and the Bees
1932
Director
Two bear cubs tussle harmlessly, then start to munch on a berry bush, until a bigger, meaner bear chases them off. They nibble some flowers and find a...

The Musical Farmer
1932
Director
Mickey performs all his chores while whistling or singing. The big excitement is when Fanny the hen, who hasn't laid an egg in some time, lays a super...

Mickey's Revue
1932
Director
Mickey Mouse conducts an orchestra, while the rest of the Disney menagerie of the era provides a dance recital, with Horace Horsecollar as stage manag...

Barnyard Olympics
1932
Director
Mickey and his friends are staging a sort of olympics in a makeshift stadium on his farm. The main event is a sort of quadrathlon, with running, pole ...

The Grocery Boy
1932
Director
Mickey (and Pluto) are delivering a grocery order to Minnie. She pretends not to notice for a while, but when he gets hit on the head by an iron, she ...

The Bird Store
1932
Director
A pet shop specializing in birds. The various caged birds chirp along to the score in their various styles (including a set of birds that looks like t...

The Ugly Duckling
1931
Director
A black duckling is rejected by its mother, a hen, but manages to prove his worth when a tornado threatens the hen's chicks.

The Fox Hunt
1931
Director
It's morning in the English countryside and time for the gentry to participate in their favorite sport: the fox hunt. The eccentric gentlemen come in ...

The Spider and the Fly
1931
Director
A kitchen is filled with houseflies. A spider wakes up and plays his web like a harp, attracting a pair of them; the female is trapped, and the male s...

The Clock Store
1931
Director
The various clocks and watches in a clock store dance, ring alarms musically, and otherwise entertain us in an after hours presentation.

Egyptian Melodies
1931
Director
A spider gets lost inside the sphinx.

The Cat's Out
1931
Director, Animation
A cat, being sent out for the night, begins to make trouble for some birds. He later has a nightmare that the birds grow and begin to extract their re...

The China Plate
1931
Director
An old plate tells the tale of the Emperor of China, whose palace was disrupted by some children.

The Castaway
1931
Director
Mickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a pia...

The Birthday Party
1931
Animation
Mickey's friends throw him a surprise birthday party at Minnie's house. The chef brings out the cake (with 2 candles); Mickey manages to blow all the ...

Playful Pan
1930
Animation
The mythological satyr plays some tunes on his pipes and gets various flora and fauna dancing to them. Two clouds also dance; they bump into each othe...

Pioneer Days
1930
Animation
Mickey and Minnie are on a wagon train; they camp for the night, unaware that Indians have spotted them and are doing a war dance. The attack comes, a...

Winter
1930
Animation
In the last of the Silly Symphonies season cycle, bears hibernate (or try to), raccoons sneeze, moose swim, and pretty much everyone ice skates. Every...

The Gorilla Mystery
1930
Animation
A gorilla has escaped; Mickey, panicked, calls Minnie, but she plays a song to show she is not afraid. That is, until the gorilla comes up behind her ...

Monkey Melodies
1930
Animation
The monkeys are swinging; their song and dance routine has other jungle creatures joining in. And two monkeys in love chase and kiss. But the hungry c...

The Chain Gang
1930
Animation
Mickey Mouse and several other characters are on a prison chain gang, guarded by Pegleg Pete. They break rocks for a while, then Mickey breaks out a h...

The Fire Fighters
1930
Animation
Mickey and others are firemen; they slide down an ostrich's neck when the alarm sounds. A squealing cat whose tail Mickey pulls acts as the siren. The...

Night
1930
Animation
The moon and two owls sing to the Blue Danube Waltz, celebrating the night. Moths dance around a candle flame, fireflies glow, frogs chorus, and so fo...

Midnight in a Toy Shop
1930
Director, Animation
A spider seeks shelter inside an old toy store, where he soon discovers that the merchandise comes to life after dark.

Arctic Antics
1930
Animation
A collection of arctic animals (seals, walruses, polar bears, penguins) float by on ice floes and on shore, performing various musical numbers.

Frolicking Fish
1930
Animation
The title pretty much says it: fish and other marine life dance and frolic to various tunes. An octopus keeps spoiling the fun in various ways.

Cannibal Capers
1930
Animation
A group of cannibals gather together for a tribal dance. In the middle of their gala, they are interrupted by a ferocious lion!

Autumn
1930
Animation
The season series of Silly Symphonies continues, with squirrels storing nuts and corn, crows stealing it, beavers building a dam, ducks migrating, and...

Summer
1930
Animation
In the logical sequel to Springtime, a new set of insects (mostly) dances to a new set of tunes, while doing summer activities. The insects include du...

The Merry Dwarfs
1929
Animation
A village of dwarfs dance and play through their day. A blacksmith shoes a centipede, a street-cleaner sweeps, a marching-band strikes up and the town...

Hell's Bells
1929
Animation
The demons of hell play music for Satan, whose delight turns to wrath when an insubordinate refuses to become food for Cerberus.

Springtime
1929
Animation
Flowers, insects, and a crow family all dance to a jaunty tune celebrating spring. After a brief storm, grasshoppers, frogs, and spiders cavort to the...

El Terrible Toreador
1929
Animation
A barmaid, a Mexican officer and a terrible toreador form a love triangle, as they dance, skip, kiss, punch and slap to the tune of Bizet's "Carmen." ...

The Skeleton Dance
1929
Animation
The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for f...

Mickey's Follies
1929
Director
Mickey puts on a show in his barnyard. A short dramatic scene by a chicken and rooster; an operatic ode by Patricia Pig, and then the main attraction:...

Steamboat Willie
1928
Music, Animation
Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.