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name: "Joe Grant"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-grant"
roles: ["Screenwriter","Writer"]
born: "15 May 1908"
died: "6 May 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 81
updated: "2026-09-17T06:22:30.065774+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joe Grant

Screenwriter and writer. Born 15 May 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 6 May 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter, Writer
- **Born:** 15 May 1908, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 6 May 2005
- **Active:** 1938–1998
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 85 (1), 1940s 85 (3), 1950s 71 (1), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69133

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dumbo*](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md) (87)

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## Biography

Joe Grant was an American conceptual artist, storyboard artist and screenwriter who worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He began his career as a caricaturist and was hired by Disney in 1933 to design caricatures for the Mickey Mouse short *Mickey's Gala Premiere*. He headed the studio's Character Model Department and contributed to early features including character design on *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937).

Grant served as story director on *Fantasia* (1940) and co-wrote the screenplay for *Dumbo* (1941) with Dick Huemer. He left the studio in 1949 but returned in 1989 and contributed to later films such as *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), *Aladdin* (1992), *The Lion King* (1994), *Pocahontas* (1995) and *Mulan* (1998). He was named a Disney Legend in 1992 and died in 2005 while still working at the studio.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, disney.fandom.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Mulan* (1998), Fi1m 74, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/mulan.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), Fi1m 71, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md)
- *Dumbo* (1941), Fi1m 87, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)
- *Fantasia* (1940), Fi1m 80, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia.md)
- *Pinocchio* (1940), Fi1m 88, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio.md)
- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1938), Fi1m 85, Character Technical Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md)

## Also known for

- *Pocahontas* (1995), Story
- *Saludos Amigos* (1942), Writer
- *Popeye the Sailor* (1960), Writer
- *The Tortoise and the Hare* (1935), Characters
- *Thru the Mirror* (1936), Story
- *Der Fuehrer's Face* (1943), Writer
- *The Grasshopper and the Ants* (1934), Writer
- *Lorenzo* (2004), Original Story

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