Given unprecedented access, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, Leslie Iwerks, leads the viewer on a journey behind the curtains of Walt Disney Imagineering, the little known design and development center of The Walt Disney Company, to discover what it takes to create and build Disney theme parks around the world.
The Imagineering Story
DETAILS
Behind the magic of every Disney theme park lay mud, sweat and fears. Creating happiness is hard work. For nearly seventy years, a unique blend of artists and engineers - called Imagineers - have cultivated an impossible notion from the mind of one man, Walt Disney, into a global phenomenon that touches the hearts of millions. Given unprecedented access, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, Leslie Iwerks, leads the viewer on a journey behind the curtains of Walt Disney Imagineering, the little known design and development center of The Walt Disney Company, to discover what it takes to create, design, and build twelve Disney theme parks around the world.
- Release Date:
- 2019
- Genre:
- History,
- Docuseries
- Rating:
EPISODES
S1:E1 The Happiest Place On Earth
Walt Disney forms a group of artists and engineers to build his dream concept called Disneyland.
S1:E2 What Would Walt Do?
After Walt’s death, the Imagineers persevere to fulfill his vision for Florida and expand overseas.
S1:E3 The Midas Touch
Michael Eisner and Frank Wells revive Imagineering and preside over an age of remarkable growth.
S1:E4 Hit Or Miss
During an era of austerity, the Imagineers struggle over compromising core design philosophies.
S1:E5 A Carousel Of Progress
Under Bob Iger’s leadership, the Imagineers begin a creative renaissance, plussing parks worldwide.
S1:E6 To Infinity and Beyond
The Imagineers open a new Disney resort in China, then create blockbuster worlds of immersion.