Wilfred Jackson

Wilfred Jackson

1906-06-24 Chicago, Illinois, USA 105 Credits

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.

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100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration

100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration

2023

Director

5.0
Directing

Fragments from Cinderella (1922), Alice’s Wonderland (1923), Trolley Troubles (1927), Steamboat Willie (1928), Clock Cleaners (1937), The Old Mill (19...

Everybody Loves Mickey

Everybody Loves Mickey

2001

Director

7.4
Directing

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

Disney's American Legends

2001

Director

7.4
Directing

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

Mickey's Family Album

1998

Director

6.2
Directing
Donald Duck's First 50 Years

Donald Duck's First 50 Years

1984

Director

Directing

Includes: "The Wise Little Hen," "Donald and Pluto," "Don Donald," "Donald's Nephews," "Donald's Double Trouble," "Rugged Bear"

Walt Disney Masterpieces

Walt Disney Masterpieces

1967

Director

Directing

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

Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom

1959

Director

Directing

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

Directing

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'

4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art'

1958

Director

9.3
Directing

Four Disney artists paint their own interpretations of a tree, and explain their techniques and methods.

Tricks of Our Trade

Tricks of Our Trade

1957

Director

Directing

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

The Great Cat Family

1956

Director

Directing

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

The Story of the Animated Drawing

1955

Director

7.4
Directing

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

The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland

1955

Director

7.8
Directing

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

Lady and the Tramp

1955

Director

7.1
Directing

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

Music Land

1955

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Cavalcade of Songs

1955

Director

Directing

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

A Story of Dogs

1954

as Self

Acting
The Disneyland Story

The Disneyland Story

1954

Director

8.0
Directing

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

Peter Pan

1953

Director

7.2
Directing

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

The Little House

1952

Director

6.6
Directing

A small house has to try to compete with progress and the encroaching press of the big city.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1951

Director

7.2
Directing

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

Cinderella

1950

Director

7.0
Directing

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

The Legend of Johnny Appleseed

1948

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Melody Time

1948

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Song of the South

1946

Director

6.4
Directing

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

A Feather in His Collar

1946

Director

5.0
Directing

Made for the Community Chests of America, Pluto demonstrates his community spirit by donating his collection of bones.

Aquarela do Brasil

Aquarela do Brasil

1942

Director

7.1
Directing

José Carioca, showing Donald Duck around South America and introducing him to the samba

Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos

1942

Director

5.8
Directing

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

The New Spirit

1942

Director

5.7
Directing

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

Dumbo

Dumbo

1941

Director

7.0
Directing

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

Golden Eggs

1941

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Fantasia

1940

Director

7.4
Directing

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

Pinocchio

1940

Director

7.1
Directing

A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

1938

Director

5.4
Directing

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

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1938

Sequence Supervisor, Director

7.1
Directing

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

The Old Mill

1937

Director

7.3
Directing

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

Directing

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

Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue

1937

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Woodland Café

1937

Director

6.3
Directing

Bugs of all kinds convene on a jazz club for an evening of fun.

Mother Pluto

Mother Pluto

1936

Director

6.1
Directing

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

The Country Cousin

The Country Cousin

1936

Director

6.4
Directing

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

Toby Tortoise Returns

1936

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Mickey's Rival

Mickey's Rival

1936

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Elmer Elephant

1936

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Mickey's Grand Opera

1936

Director

6.4
Directing

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

Music Land

1935

Director

6.8
Directing

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

Mickey's Garden

1935

Director

6.4
Directing

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

Water Babies

1935

Director

5.8
Directing

A colony of nymph babies bathe and play in a river.

The Band Concert

The Band Concert

1935

Director

7.2
Directing

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

The Tortoise and the Hare

1935

Director

6.6
Directing

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

The Goddess of Spring

1934

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Peculiar Penguins

1934

Director

5.7
Directing

Penguins dance and play in Antarctica.

The Wise Little Hen

The Wise Little Hen

1934

Director

6.5
Directing

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

Funny Little Bunnies

1934

Director

6.9
Directing

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

The Grasshopper and the Ants

1934

Director

6.4
Directing

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

The China Shop

1934

Director

6.1
Directing

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

The Night Before Christmas

1933

Director

6.4
Directing

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

The Pet Store

1933

Director

5.7
Directing

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

The Pied Piper

1933

Director

6.4
Directing

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

Puppy Love

1933

Director

6.4
Directing

Mickey's in trouble when Pluto and Fifi eat Minnie's chocolates.

Lullaby Land

Lullaby Land

1933

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Mickey's Mechanical Man

1933

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Father Noah's Ark

1933

Director

6.0
Directing

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

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

1933

Director

5.8
Directing

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

Santa's Workshop

Santa's Workshop

1932

Director

6.5
Directing

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

The Klondike Kid

The Klondike Kid

1932

Director

5.8
Directing

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

Touchdown Mickey

1932

Director

6.0
Directing

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

The Whoopee Party

1932

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Mickey in Arabia

1932

Director

5.6
Directing

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

The Bears and the Bees

The Bears and the Bees

1932

Director

5.8
Directing

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

The Musical Farmer

1932

Director

5.5
Directing

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

Mickey's Revue

1932

Director

5.7
Directing

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

Barnyard Olympics

1932

Director

6.4
Directing

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

The Grocery Boy

1932

Director

6.2
Directing

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

The Bird Store

1932

Director

6.0
Directing

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

The Ugly Duckling

1931

Director

6.7
Directing

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

The Fox Hunt

1931

Director

4.5
Directing

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

The Spider and the Fly

1931

Director

5.7
Directing

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

The Clock Store

1931

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Egyptian Melodies

Egyptian Melodies

1931

Director

6.0
Directing

A spider gets lost inside the sphinx.

The Cat's Out

The Cat's Out

1931

Director, Animation

6.1
Directing

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

The China Plate

1931

Director

6.2
Directing

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

The Castaway

The Castaway

1931

Director

5.9
Directing

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

The Birthday Party

1931

Animation

5.6

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

Playful Pan

1930

Animation

6.2

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

Pioneer Days

1930

Animation

5.4

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

Winter

1930

Animation

5.7

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

The Gorilla Mystery

1930

Animation

6.1

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

Monkey Melodies

1930

Animation

5.7

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

The Chain Gang

1930

Animation

5.9

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

The Fire Fighters

1930

Animation

6.2

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

Night

1930

Animation

5.2

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

Midnight in a Toy Shop

1930

Director, Animation

6.2
Directing

A spider seeks shelter inside an old toy store, where he soon discovers that the merchandise comes to life after dark.

Arctic Antics

Arctic Antics

1930

Animation

5.8

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

Frolicking Fish

Frolicking Fish

1930

Animation

6.0

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

Cannibal Capers

1930

Animation

5.5

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

Autumn

Autumn

1930

Animation

6.4

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

Summer

Summer

1930

Animation

6.0

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

The Merry Dwarfs

1929

Animation

5.0

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

Hell's Bells

1929

Animation

6.5

The demons of hell play music for Satan, whose delight turns to wrath when an insubordinate refuses to become food for Cerberus.

Springtime

Springtime

1929

Animation

5.4

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

El Terrible Toreador

1929

Animation

4.5

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

The Skeleton Dance

1929

Animation

7.3

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

Mickey's Follies

1929

Director

5.0
Directing

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

Steamboat Willie

1928

Music, Animation

7.3

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