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Walter Elias " Walt " Disney ( December 5 , 1901December 15 , 1966 ) was an American entrepreneur , animator , voice actor and film producer . A pioneer of the American animation ___MASK87___ , he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons . As a film producer , Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual , having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations . He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award , among other honors . Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress . ___MASK53___ is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California , United States , northwest of downtown Los Angeles . The population at the 2010 census was 103 , 340 . ___MASK56___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK56___ extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK56___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , ___MASK35___ and Indian oceans . ___MASK56___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in ___MASK43___ , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include ___MASK36___ , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . A production company or a production house provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts , new ___MASK92___ art , film , television , radio , and video . The ___MASK74___ , located in the Presidio , San Francisco , became the new combined home of Industrial Light and Magic , LucasArts , and Lucasfilm ' s marketing , online , and licensing units in 2005 . Walt Disney Animation Studios , headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in ___MASK53___ , California , is an American animation studio that creates animated feature films , short films , and television specials for The Walt Disney Company . Founded on October 16 , 1923 , it is a division of The Walt Disney Studios . The studio has produced 56 feature films , from " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs " ( 1937 ) to " Moana " ( 2016 ). Touchstone Pictures is an American film distribution label of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . Previously , Touchstone operated as an active film production banner of Walt Disney Studios , owned by The Walt Disney Company . Established on February 15 , 1984 by then - Disney CEO Ron W . Miller as Touchstone Films , it typically releases films targeted to adult audiences with more mature themes and darker tones than those released under the flagship Walt Disney Pictures and Disneynature label . Disneynature is an independent film unit of Walt Disney Studios that produces nature documentary films . The production company was founded on April 21 , 2008 and is headquartered in ___MASK43___ , France . Disney veteran Jean - Francois Camilleri , who also serves as senior vice president and general manager for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures France , heads the unit . DisneyToon Studios , originally Disney MovieToons and was also Disney Video Premieres , is an American animation studio which creates direct - to - video and occasional theatrical animated feature films . The studio is a division of Walt Disney Animation Studios , with both being part of The Walt Disney Studios itself a division of The Walt Disney Company . The studio has produced 47 feature films , beginning with "" ( 1990 ); its most recent is " Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast " ( 2015 ). Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American motion picture distribution division owned by The Walt Disney Company . Established in 1953 as Buena ___MASK54___ Distribution Company , the unit handles distribution , marketing and promotion for films produced by the Walt Disney Studios ; including Walt Disney Pictures , Walt Disney Animation Studios , Pixar Animation Studios , DisneyToon Studios , Lucasfilm , Marvel Studios , UTV Motion Pictures , Disneynature and Touchstone Pictures . The division took on its current name in 2007 , which before that had been Buena ___MASK54___ Pictures Distribution since 1987 . Kevin Feige , p . g . a . ( ___MASK93___ circa 1973 ) is an American film producer and president of Marvel Studios . The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of $ 10 billion . ___MASK43___ ( French : ) is the capital and most populous city of France . It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2 , 229 , 621 within its administrative limits . The city is both a commune and department , and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île - de - France , or ___MASK43___ Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France . An animation studio is a company producing animated ___MASK92___ . The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce , own the physical equipment for production , employ operators for that equipment , and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the ___MASK92___ produced . They also own rights over merchandising and creative rights for characters created / held by the company , much like authors holding copyrights . In some early cases , they also held patent rights over methods of animation used in certain studios that were used for boosting productivity . Overall , they are business concerns and can function as such in legal terms . ___MASK15___ ( SF ) ( Spanish for Saint Francis ) officially the City and County of ___MASK15___ , is the cultural , commercial , and financial center of Northern California . It is the birthplace of the United Nations . Located at the north end of the ___MASK15___ Peninsula , ___MASK15___ is about in area , making it the smallest county  and the only consolidated city - county  within the state of California . With a density of about 18 , 451 people per square mile ( 7 , 124 people per km ), ___MASK15___ is the most densely settled large city ( population greater than 200 , 000 ) in California and the second - most densely populated major city in the United States after ___MASK42___ City . ___MASK15___ is the fourth - most populous city in California , after Los Angeles , ___MASK55___ , and ___MASK67___ , and the 13th - most populous city in the United States  with a census - estimated 2015 population of 864 , 816 . The city and its surrounding areas are known as the ___MASK15___ Bay Area , and are a part of the larger OMB - designated ___MASK67___ - ___MASK15___ - Oakland combined statistical area , the fifth most populous in the nation with an estimated population of 8 . 7 million . Lucasfilm Ltd . LLC is an American film and television production company based in the ___MASK74___ in San Francisco , California . The studio is best known for creating and producing the " Star Wars " and " Indiana Jones " franchises , as well as its leadership in developing special effects , sound and computer animation for film . Lucasfilm was founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael , California ; most of the company ' s operations were moved to San Francisco in 2005 . The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 at a valuation of $ 4 . 06 billion . The Walt Disney Company , commonly known as Disney , is an American diversified multinational mass ___MASK92___ and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in ___MASK53___ , California . It is the world ' s second largest ___MASK92___ conglomerate in terms of revenue , after Comcast . Disney was founded on October 16 , 1923 , by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O . Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio , and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live - action film production , television , and theme parks . The company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio , then Walt Disney Productions . Taking on its current name in 1986 , it expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theater , radio , music , publishing , and online ___MASK92___ . The mass ___MASK92___ is a diversified collection of ___MASK92___ technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication . The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets . Ronald William " Ron " Miller ( ___MASK93___ April 17 , 1933 ) is a former professional American football player , the son - in - law of Walt Disney , and a former president and CEO of what is now The Walt Disney Company . Marvel Studios , LLC ( originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996 ) is an American motion picture studio based at The Walt Disney Studios in ___MASK53___ , California and is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios , itself a wholly owned division of The Walt Disney Company , with film producer Kevin Feige serving as president . Previously , the studio was a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment until The Walt Disney Company reorganized the companies in August 2015 . Roy ___MASK50___ Disney ( June 24 , 1893  December 20 , 1971 ) was an American businessman , becoming the partner and co - founder , along with his younger brother Walt Disney , of Walt Disney Productions , since renamed The Walt Disney Company . Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and a division of Walt Disney Studios , owned by The Walt Disney Company . The division is based at the Walt Disney Studios in ___MASK53___ , California , and is the main producer of live - action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit . It took on its current name in 1983 . Today , in conjunction with the other units of Walt Disney Studios , Walt Disney Pictures is classified as one of Hollywood ' s " Big Six " film studios . Animation is the process of making the illusion of motion and the illusion of change by means of the rapid display of a sequence of images that minimally differ from each other . The illusion  as in motion pictures in general  is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon . Animators are artists who specialize in the creation of animation . Animation can be recorded with either analogue ___MASK92___ , a flip book , motion picture film , video tape , digital ___MASK92___ , including formats with animated GIF , Flash animation , and digital video . To display animation , a digital camera , computer , or projector are used along with new technologies that are produced . ___MASK79___ is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U . S ., ___MASK79___ is bordered by the other U . S . states of ___MASK12___ , Nevada , and ___MASK66___ and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja ___MASK79___ . The state capital is ___MASK9___ . Los Angeles is ___MASK79___ ' s most populous city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The state also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . Comcast Corporation ( formerly registered as Comcast Holdings ) is an American ___MASK52___ telecommunications conglomerate that is the largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue . It is the second - largest pay - TV company after the AT & T - DirecTV acquisition , largest cable TV company and largest home ___MASK80___ service provider in the United States , and the nation ' s third - largest home telephone service provider . Comcast services U . S . residential and commercial customers in 40 states and in the District of Columbia . The company ' s headquarters are located in ___MASK29___ , Pennsylvania . As the owner of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011 , Comcast is a producer of feature films and television programs intended for theatrical exhibition and over - the - air and cable television broadcast . George Walton Lucas Jr . ( ___MASK93___ May 14 , 1944 ) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur . He is best known as the creator of the " Star Wars " and " ___MASK45___ Jones " franchises , as well as the founder of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic . He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) of Lucasfilm , before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012 .