disney began as a cartoonist in the 1920s. he created oswald the lucky rabbit but lost ownership of the character due to a contract problem. he then created mickey mouse. disney started the walt disney studios and created the first full-length animated movie when he created "snow white and the seven dwarfs" (1937). the movie was a huge success. the money from the movie helped disney create many more cartoons and movies such as "fantasia, pinocchio" (both 1940)", dumbo" (1941), and "bambi" (1942). new animated and live-action films followed after world war ii, including the critically successful "cinderella" (1950), "peter pan" (1953), and "mary poppins" (1964), the latter of which received five academy awards. he earned 32 academy awards. disney once refused an offer from alfred hitchcock to make a movie at disney world after hitchcock filmed "psycho". he also served as the host of the wonderful world of disney, a weekly variety show that had disney cartoons and some live-action skits.