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Joshua Lawrence "Josh" Meador (March 12, 1911 - August 24, 1965) was an American animator, effects animator, special effects artist, and animation director for the Walt Disney studios.

Biography

Meador was born in Greenwood, Mississippi. His family later moved to Columbus, Mississippi in 1918. He later studied at the Chicago Art Institute. There, a fellow alumnus told Meador he was traveling to California to be interviewed at Walt Disney Productions, and suggested for him to come along. At first, Meador refused as he wanted to do commercial art, but he was coerced into interviewing at Disney. There, he was hired to work in their animation effects department, where he worked on numerous films such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, for which the studio won an Academy Award. Meador also created the animation effects for the 1956 MGM science-fiction film Forbidden Planet, most notably the "Monster from the Id" that attacks the spaceship. Privately, Meador described himself as "first and foremost a painter", in which he painted more than 2,000 canvases and impressionistic landscape and seascape paintings.

In August 1965, Meador suffered a heart attack and died at his residence in Casper, California. He is buried at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi, which was also his hometown. There is a historical marker at his childhood home.

Filmography

References

1. ^ Smith, Slim (June 21, 2017). "Childhood home of noted Disney animator, painter Joshua Meador is on the market". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
2. Wilson, Sarah (October 18, 2009). "Son of Disney animator speaks on father's legacy". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
3. Lev, Peter (2006). Transforming the Screen, 1950–1959. History of the American Cinema. Vol. 7. University of California Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-520-24966-6.
4. "Noted Artist Dies At His Caspar Point Home". The Mendocino Beacon. August 27, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Joshua Lawrence Meador - Columbus - MS - US". Historical Marker Project. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

External links

• Joshua Meador at IMDb

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