Bill Peet

Bill Peet
Peet autographing a drawing of Hubert the Lion in 1974
Born
William Bartlett Peet[1]

January 29, 1915
Grandview, Indiana, United States
DiedMay 11, 2002 (aged 87)
Studio City, California, United States
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California
EducationHerron School of Art and Design
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • illustrator
  • artist
  • storyboard artist
Years active1937–1990
EmployerWalt Disney Animation Studios (1937–1964)
Spouse
Margaret Brunst
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(m. 1937)​
Children2

William Bartlett Peet (né Peed;[1] January 29, 1915 – May 11, 2002) was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Peet joined Disney in 1937 and worked first on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) near the end of its production. Progressively, his involvement in the Disney studio's animated feature films and shorts increased, and he remained there until early in the development of The Jungle Book (1967). A row with Walt Disney over the direction of the project led to a permanent personal break.

Peet's subsequent career was as a writer and illustrator of numerous children's books, including Capyboppy (1966), The Wump World (1970), The Whingdingdilly (1970), The Ant and the Elephant (1972), and Cyrus the Unsinkable Serpent (1975).

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