Walt Before Mickey

Walt Before Mickey
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKhoa Le
Screenplay by
  • Arthur L. Bernstein
  • Armando Gutierrez
  • Frank Licari (co-writer)
Based onWalt Before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919–1928
by Timothy S. Susanin
Produced by
  • Armando Gutierrez
  • Arthur L. Bernstein
  • Frank Licari
Starring
CinematographyIan Dudley
Edited byKhoa Le
Lauren Young
Music byJeremy Rubolino
Production
companies
  • Conglomerate Media
  • Lensbern Entertainment
  • ALB Productions
  • Quite Frankly Ent.
Distributed by
Voltage Pictures
  • Mission Pictures International
Release date
  • August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Walt Before Mickey is a 2015 American biographical drama film about the early years of Walt Disney based on the book Walt Before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919–1928 by Timothy S. Susanin, with a foreword written by Diane Disney. The film stars Thomas Ian Nicholas as Walt Disney, Armando Gutierrez as Ub Iwerks, and Jon Heder as Roy Disney.

The film covers Walt Disney's early years in business, during which he started various businesses including Laugh-O-Gram Studio and The Walt Disney Company with fellow animator Ub Iwerks and his brother, Roy Disney.