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| name = Wilfred Jackson
| image = Wilfred Jackson.jpg
| other_names = Jaxon
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|01|24|mf=y}}
| years_active = 1928–1961
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|08|07|1906|01|24|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Newport Beach, California]], U.S.
| occupation = {{Hlist|[[Animator]]
| employer = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]
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'''Wilfred Emmons Jackson''' (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American [[animator]], [[arranger|musical arranger]] and [[film director|director]] best known for his work with [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]].
'''Wilfred Jackson''' (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an [[People of the United States|American]] [[animator]], [[arranger]], [[composer]] and [[film director|director]] best known for his work on the ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' and ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' series of [[cartoon]]s and the ''Night on Bald Mountain''/''Ave Maria'' segment of ''Fantasia'' from [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]].<ref name= "animators">{{cite news |last=Shields |first=Meg |url= https://filmschoolrejects.com/fantasia-ave-maria-sequence/ |title=How Animators Created the Elaborate "Ave Maria" Sequence for 'Fantasia' |work=[[Film School Rejects]] |date=January 30, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Smith & Matthews">{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Jim; Matthews, Clive |title=Tim Burton |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] pg. 133 |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7535-0682-0}}</ref> He was also instrumental in developing the system with which Disney added music and sound to ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', the first ''Mickey Mouse'' cartoon. ▼
Jackson joined Walt Disney Productions in 1928 as a volunteer washing [[Cel|animation cels]]. He was soon promoted to an animator and was instrumental in developing the [[Mickey Mousing]] technique, which synchronized the music and action for ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' (1928). He was then made the director for the ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' and ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' cartoon series, of which he directed the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Award]]-winning shorts: ''[[The Tortoise and the Hare (film)|The Tortoise and the Hare]]'' (1935), ''[[The Country Cousin]]'' (1936), and ''[[The Old Mill]]'' (1937). His feature film directorial debut was ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (1937).
Several of the ''Silly Symphony'' shorts he directed, including ''[[The Old Mill]]'' (1937), won [[Academy Awards]] during the 1930s.<ref name="Lenburg">{{cite book |last=Lenburg |first=Jeff |title=Who's who in Animated Cartoons |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Applause Books]] pg. 125 |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-5578-3671-7}}</ref> Starting with ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' in 1937, he directed sequences in many of the major Disney animated features up to ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' in 1955, including all of the animated sequences in ''[[Song of the South]]'' (1946). He later moved into television, producing and directing for Disney's ''[[Disney anthology television series|Disneyland]]'' series. After continuing health issues, he retired in 1961. Jackson died at age 82 in 1988.▼
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==Biography==
===Early life===
Jackson was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], but his family moved to [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], [[California]]. At a young age, he attended a screening of ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (1917 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' (1917), starring [[Francis Carpenter]]. In 1924, he graduated from [[Glendale High School (Glendale, California)|Glendale High School]] in 1924.<ref name="Jackson1973Interview">{{cite interview |url=http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Jackson1973/Jackson1973.html |title=Wilfred Jackson Interview |website=Michael Barrier |date=December 2, 1973 |access-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229030755/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Jackson1973/Jackson1973.html |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> After graduating, Jackson wanted to attend college, but his parents could not afford it. Wanting to pursue a career in animation, Jackson compromised with his father to attend an art school for two years. To pay for his tuition at Otis Art Institute (now called [[Otis College of Art and Design]]), Jackson recalled he "spent a year working at odd jobs, mostly gardening, things like that, and got enough saved up."<ref name="Jackson1973Interview" />
===Career===
Seeking an animation job, Jackson learned that most animation studios were on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] but he was unable to relocate. Through an acquaintance from a close friend, Jackson called [[Walt Disney]] at his Hyperion studio, asking to speak with him. He soon arrived at the studio and showed Disney his portfolio. After examining his portfolio, Disney felt Jackson was not ready to be an animator, to which Jackson volunteered to work unpaid for him. Disney agreed, and Jackson was assigned to help John Lott, a studio janitor, wash paint off the [[Cel|animation cels]].<ref name="Jackson1973Interview" />{{sfn|Thomas|1994|p=111}}
▲Several of the ''Silly Symphony'' shorts he directed, including ''[[The Old Mill]]'' (1937), won [[Academy Awards]] during the 1930s.
==Personal life and death==
Jackson met his wife Jane Ames while studying at the Otis Art Institute. They married on February 23, 1929 and had two daughters, Barbara and Virginia.{{sfn|Care|2016|p=2}}
Jackson died on August 7, 1988 at his home on [[Balboa Island, Newport Beach|Balboa Island]], at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-10-mn-38-story.html |title=Obituaries: Wilfred Jackson; Animator at Disney |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 10, 1988 |access-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127001124/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-10-mn-38-story.html |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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==References==
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==Works cited==
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*{{cite book|last=Barrier|first=Michael|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodcartoon00barr|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-198-02079-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Barrier|first=Michael|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmanlifeo0000barr|title=The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney|url-access=registration|year=2008|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|isbn=978-0-520-25619-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Care|first=Ross|editor-last=Ghez|editor-first=Didier|title=Disney Legend Wilfred Jackson: A Life in Animation|year=2016|publisher=Theme Park Press|isbn=978-1-683-90037-5}}
*{{cite book|last=Gabler|first=Neal|title=Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination|url=https://archive.org/details/waltdisneytriump00gabl|year=2006|url-access=registration|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=978-0-679-75747-4}}
* {{cite book |last=Lenburg |first=Jeff |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinanimate0000lenb |title=Who's who in Animated Cartoons |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Applause Books]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinanimate0000lenb/page/158/mode/2up?q=jackson 159] |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-5578-3671-7 |url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Bob|url=https://archive.org/details/waltdisneyameric0000thom/|title=Walt Disney: An American Original|url-access=registration|orig-year=1976|year=1994|location=New York|publisher=Hyperion|isbn=978-0-786-86027-2}}
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