Tyrus Wong

Tyrus Wong was a Chinese-born American artist. He was a painter, animator, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer and kite maker, as well as a set designer and storyboard artist. One of the most-influential and celebrated Asian-American artists of the 20th century, Wong was also a film production illustrator, who worked for Disney and Warner Bros. He was a muralist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), as well as a greeting card artist for Hallmark Cards. Most notably, he was the lead production illustrator on Disney's 1942 film Bambi, taking inspiration from Song dynasty art. He also served in the art department of many films, either as a set designer or storyboard artist, such as Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Rio Bravo (1959), The Music Man (1962), PT 109 (1963), The Great Race (1965), Harper (1966), The Green Berets (1968), and The Wild Bunch (1969), among others.

25 October 1910

Born on the same birth date (25 October 1910): Johnny Mauro • William Higinbotham

Born on the same birth day (25 October): Beate Uhse-Rotermund • Birgit Prinz • Bob Knight • Craig Robinson (actor) • James Burnett, Lord Monboddo • Jeanne Cooper • Jimmy McIlroy • Karl Elmendorff • Sara Dylan • Sten Grytebust • Steve Gainer • Thomas Babington Macaulay

Born in the same month (October 1910): Bonnie and Clyde • Cahit Arf • Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg • Fritz Köberle • Gunter d'Alquen • Helmut Kallmeyer • Henry Plumer McIlhenny • José Enrique Moyal • Julius Shulman • Kirk Alyn • Luciano Sgrizzi • Miguel Hernández • Orazio Satta Puliga • Shunkichi Hamada