Glen Keane on his Mentor, Ollie Johnston
Over a month ago I was lucky enough to attend the tribute to my favorite animator of all time, Ollie Johnston. While it was nice hearing from his friends and families, the greatest part of the night came from the memories of Glen Keane and John Lasseter. If you’ve ever heard Glen lecture or watched a video with him on YouTube you know what a wonderful storyteller he is. He painted a wonderful picture of an artist who loved his craft and spared no expense in sharing that with those who were to follow him.
The following clips are provided in 5-minute segments and are not of the greatest quality. But for those who couldn’t make it I hope this somehow inspires you as much as it did me.
A nice round-up of the evening’s events can be found here.
Listen...
Comments
Matt Kelly:
great stuff!
is there more than one clip?
EHH:
Wow. He is starting to look like one of the Nine Old Men.
David Nethery:
“The following clips are provided in 5-minute segments and are not of the greatest quality. “
When you say “clips” (plural) it makes me think there were intended to be more , but at the link which says Listen ... there is only the one clip.
Are there going to be more posted ?
Jim:
Yes - there is more from Glen. Just haven’t had a chance to put it up yet.
I apologize for the delay - my notification of people posting didn’t come through last week (Grrr….)
David Nethery:
EHH:
“Wow. He is starting to look like one of the Nine Old Men.”
Y’know , EHH, that kind of happens to all of us eventually (even you ... believe it or not !)
Of course you must know that Walt’s “Nine Old Men” were first dubbed that by him as a kind of a joke in the 1940’s when they were all Nine Youngish Men (in 1949 the oldest , Les Clark ,was only 42; precocious brat Ward Kimball was 35. The rest were between 36 - 40 years old) .
“The Nine Old Men” title had nothing to do with chronological age.