John Lounsbery (Director)

Reviews of movies from director John Lounsbery

Looking for reviews of films directed by John Lounsbery? Cinafilm has a total of 536 reviews across 3 movies directed by John Lounsbery.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 74%.

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too is John Lounsbery's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 2 reviews.

The lowest rated film from John Lounsbery is The Rescuers, with a score of 68% based on 528 reviews.

Director Biography

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Colorado. He attended East Denver High School and the Art Institute of Denver. While attending the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles, an instructor sent him to interview with Walt Disney. Lounsbery was hired by Disney on July 2, 1935, beginning as an assistant animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He went on to work on numerous other short features in the 1940s, while continuing to serve as part of the animating team on nearly all of Disney's most famous feature-length animated films. In the 1970s, he was promoted to director and directed Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! and co-directed The Rescuers. John Lounsbery died on February 13, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, of heart failure during cardiac surgery, aged 64. At the time of his death, he was working on the The Rescuers and still directing at the Walt Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 1989.

John Lounsbery has directed films starring John Fiedler, Sterling Holloway, Sebastian Cabot and Paul Winchell.

John Lounsbery has collaborated with these film directors: Wolfgang Reitherman and Art Stevens.