Samuel Armstrong

Sam Armstrong

Birth Date

2/5/1893 (Age 83)

Birth Place

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Death Date

9/29/1976

Departments

Directing

Biography

Samuel Armstrong was an American animation director. Armstrong was an American animator and director best known for his work at Walt Disney Studios. He co-directed segments of the animated classics Fantasia (1940), including "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" and "Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria," and Dumbo (1941). Armstrong's innovative contributions to animation helped shape the early successes of Disney's feature films.