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Dick Kelsey (born Richmond Kelsey, Ventura, California; May 3, 1905 – May 3, 1987), was an important American early animation art director, pioneer theme park designer, and illustrator of children's books.
Dick Kelsey was born on 3 May 1905 in California, USA. He was a writer and art director, known for Alice in Wonderland (1951), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942). He died on 3 May 1987 in Ventura, California, USA.
Among the finest scenes in classic Disney films of the 1940s, Dick Kelsey’s exact contributions often remain obscured, however prominent the place his art inhabits on- screen.
Dick Kelsey’s initiation into the Walt Disney Studio system consisted of art direction and layout work on Pinocchio. As one of the art directors on the film, he worked closely with the directors, assisting in the establishment of the overall mood, staging, and color of specific scenes.
Dick Kelsey, a retired Associated Press broadcast editor who was revered as much for his humor as his hardworking nature, has died after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 76.
Dick Kelsey would return as an art director and layout artist on both films. For Fantasia , Kelsey tackled the “Rite of Spring” segment of the film – an animated, musical depiction of Earth’s cataclysmic beginnings.
An important early animation art director and pioneer theme park designer and illustrator of children's books. His career spanned several of the most beloved Disney films in the 1940s-1950s, after which he assisted in the design of Disneyland in 1955.
