William Garity
William E. "Bill" Garity (born April 2, 1899 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York , † September 16, 1971 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American inventor and technician who founded the Pratt Institute around 1921 visited before starting work for Lee De Forest . He worked with DeForest until 1927 on the further development of the phonofilm .
Garity is best known for his job at Walt Disney Studios , where he developed the Multiplan camera together with Ub Iwerks in 1937
In 1940 Garity discovered the Fantasound , an early stereophony - surround sound system for the Disney film Fantasia (1940). For this achievement he was awarded an honorary Oscar together with Walt Disney and JNA Hawkins in 1942 . After leaving Disney, Garity became vice president and production manager for Walter Lantz Productions. He was inducted into the Disney Legends program in 1999 .
Web links
- William Garity at Disney Legends
- William Garity in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ David Parkinson: The Rough Guide to Film Musicals . Penguin, 2007, p. 161.
- ↑ Vincent LoBrutto: Becoming film literate: the art and craft of motion pictures . ABC-CLIO, 2005, p. 138.
- ^ William E. Garity, Watson Jones: Experiences in Road-Showing Walt Disney's Fantasia . In: Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers . 39, United States, July 1942.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garity, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garity, William E .; Garity, Bill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American inventor and technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th September 1971 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |