Highest rated movie: Fantasia (1940)
Lowest rated movie: The Legend of Lobo (1962)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by James Algar? Cinafilm has a total of 1,428 reviews across 6 movies directed by James Algar.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 67%.
Fantasia is James Algar's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 723 reviews.
The lowest rated film from James Algar is The Legend of Lobo, with a score of 55% based on 2 reviews.
James Algar studied at Stanford where he developed his skills as a cartoonist by drawing for the university's satirical magazine, The Chaparral. He joined the Disney Organisation in 1934, initially as animator. He directed the classic "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment ofFantasia (1940), as well as several sequences of Bambi (1942). Algar was one of several key personnel to whom Walt Disney delegated higher executive functions. During the 1950's, he assumed the mantle of chief writer/director for Disney's True Life Adventure series, turning out such Oscar-winning documentaries as The Living Desert (1953) andThe Vanishing Prairie (1954).
Algar was named a Disney Legend in 1998 and has been recipient of the Look Magazine Movie Award for outstanding achievement in production. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.
James Algar has directed films starring Oliver Wallace, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and James Earl Jones.
James Algar has collaborated with these film directors: Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and David Hand.
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