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Lawrence Muzzy Lansburgh (May 18, 1911 in San Francisco, California – March 25, 2001 in Eagle Point, Oregon)[1] was an American producer, director, and screenwriter known for his films featuring animals.
Lansburgh's film career began in the early 1930s, when he performed stunts for Cecil B. DeMille–directed films.[2] After he broke his leg falling off a horse,[3] he took a clerical job at Walt Disney Studios.[3] In this position, he hired Bob Broughton.[4]
He subsequently began participating in production as a cameraman, accompanying Walt Disney on Disney's 1941 tour of South America,[5] and contributing to the productions of Three Caballeros, Saludos Amigos, and So Dear to My Heart.[2] In 1969, he wrote and directed the Disney film Hang Your Hat on the Wind.[6]
Lansburgh's 1956 film Cow Dog was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel.[7] His 1957 Wetback Hound won the 1958 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action),[8] and his 1960 The Horse with the Flying Tail won the 1961 Academy Award for Best Documentary.[9]
In 1998, he received a Disney Legends award.[1]
Lansburgh's film Dawn Flight was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.[10]
Lansburgh was the son of architect G. Albert Lansburgh.[2]
His first wife, Janet Martin,[11] was originally Disney's publicist.[12]
He was a fervent equestrian,[13] and served as a judge at the American Royal Horse Show, where he met his second wife Olive.[14]
He died on his ranch in Eagle Point, Oregon.[15]
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