Summary
Michael Barrier traces Walt Disney’s development from a farm boy into an artist, businessman, and entrepreneur. The biography follows early animation, feature films, television, and Disneyland. Drawing on archives and interviews with Disney’s colleagues, it examines the tensions between his creative ambitions and his business role, including the 1941 studio strike.
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This is useful for founders who must manage both creative work and a growing business. Barrier’s account lets readers consider how those aims can come into conflict, and how colleagues’ memories can add to or challenge the story a leader tells about himself.
Written about
- Walt DisneyBiography subjectBarrier’s biography follows Disney’s artistic and business career, using archival research and more than 150 interviews with people who worked with him. Disney is the subject, not an endorser.Source