Charles made his first on stage performance when he was 5. Both of his parents were music hall entertainers, which greatly influenced his career choice. His father also indirectly inspired Chaplin and influenced some ideas presented in his films. For example, his father was an heavy drinker who died of alcoholism, Chaplin learned to somewhat embrace it and turn it into a comedic act because Alcoholism was a major theme in some of his works. In 1913, Chaplin was invited by Mack Sennet to star in films.
You could say that was the start of his career as a composer. Menken attended Rochelle High School in his home town and after graduation went to Pre-med school to become a dentist. Lucky for us he later changed his major to music. After college Alen attended the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop in New York where he worked at local clubs writing jingles and songs as an accompanist. Alen Menken got his first big break in January of 1979 with Howard Ashman in the Off-Broadway production “God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater.” Three years later he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music in his Off-Broadway Production “Little Shop of Horrors” and from that in January of 1987 Menken was given his first Oscar nomination for a song with in it called “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space.” In 1990 Menken was nominated for three Oscar nominations and three Golden Globe Nominations and went on to win two of each for his work in the Walt Disney production “The Little Mermaid”.
His drawing hobby carried on into his teens and he created cartoons to be included in his yearbook. Walt attempted to join the army, but was not accepted. Disney found his calling when he entered the world of animation beginning with small ads and later expanding his horizons. In the 20’s Walt Disney moved to California and began his journey into Hollywood. Roy and Walt started Disney Bros. after arriving in California.
Chris Columbus; Director and producer Chris Columbus is very well known for his many successful films. Columbus was born on September 10th, 1958 in town called Spangler in Pennsylvania but he was raised in Ohio. He pursued his passion for filmmaking at New York University enrolled in Tisch School of the Arts. He worked on filmmaking for many years before his big break as a producer in one of Steven Spielbergs films. Soon after working with Spielberg, Columbus began directing movies of his own.
Jeunet’s films drop in and out of the past and future while the present poses anxieties. On September 3, 1953, Jeunet was born in Roanne, France. Born into a modest family, Jeunet’s mother was a schoolteacher, and his father worked for a telephone company. Being an only child until the age of eleven, he relied on his imagination for entertainment. Following in his father’s footsteps, Jeunet worked at the telephone company, a short lived career once his passion for filmmaking intervened.
Bass had realized at a very early time the artistic potential of the credits and title sequences in motion picture, when the title sequences were so monotonous and non-creative. But Bass’s unique conceptual approach towards the title sequences made them an essential and linked part of the film itself. His work in advertisement field attracted Otto Preminger and he offered Bass to design the poster for his film ‘Carmen Jones’ (1954) and also the credits sequence; Bass spiced up the credits with the animation of a flaming rose. The following year he designed the title sequence of Preminger’s film ‘The Man with the Golden Arm’ (1955) and this piece opened his path of fame in the film-industry. The theme of the movie was – a jazz musician who is a junkie, played by Frank Sinatra, trying to overcome his drug addiction.
He constructed wonderful Baroque works with his superb musical skills that he had obtained since childhood. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany on March 31, 1685, to a family that was well established in music. It is believed that Bach’s first musical lessons came from his father in their hometown. At the young age of 9 both of Bach’s parents passed away and he went to live with his older brother, who was an organist. It was with his brother that he was formally introduced to a keyboard, although it is believed that he already had a versatile knowledge of music at that point.
He is a co-founder of Pixar, has directed three Pixar films, and has sat as the executive producer for all eleven of them. John Lasseter was a graduate of California Institute of the Arts which helped him to achieve his dream of becoming an animator at Disney (Garraham). Lasseter then became so fixated on the idea that computer animation was the way of the future, but none of the higher-ups at Disney thought this was the case, “So [John] went around his [bosses] back and created a 30-second demonstration, only to be shown the door shortly afterwards” (Garraham). This small act of rebellion would be the seed which would eventually grow into Pixar. After his stint at Disney, Lasseter was able to get a job at Lucasfilms Computer
Lesane Parish Crooks also known as Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest artist of all time. He still influences the world even after his death. Tupac was born June 16, 1971 in East Harlem New York as the son of active members of the Black Panthers Party. After a few years his family moved to Marin City, California where his rap career began. He started writing lyrics in his High School where he also performed at concerts, the concert led to him being signend with Atron Gregory who set him up as a roadie and backup dancer with the young rap group Digital Underground in 1990.
Tim Burton is one of the very few directors who are globally recognized for successfully expressing their unique style through film. He was born in august, making him a Leo who craves attention and studied at the California Institute of Arts. He later found a job at Disney where he illustrated characters, but later decided he wanted to express his imaginative ideas and created his own style. As a child, he loved black and white horror films, especially ones that featured the legendary Vincent Price, who became a great inspiration for Burton throughout his career. Vincent Price played or voiced many characters of Burton’s earlier films, as did Johnny Depp in his later ones.