Direction: Hamilton Luske
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Hamilton Luske. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Fantasia
1940 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction James Algar · Samuel Armstrong · Ford Beebe Jr. · Norman Ferguson
Cast Leopold Stokowski · Deems Taylor
Plot In this 1940 Disney masterpiece, Leopold Stokowski conducts Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker Suite, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Mussorgsky's dramatic Night on Bald Mountain, just a few of the classical...
7.4
28K votes
7.4
28K votes
Disneyland (TV Series)
1954 · Series · 120 min. · United States
Direction Hamilton Luske · Norman Tokar · James Neilson · Wilfred Jackson
Cast Walt Disney · Paul Frees · Clarence Nash · Roger Mobley
Plot The Walt Disney anthology television series is a television series that has been produced by the Walt Disney Company under several different titles since 1954. These include Disneyland (1954–1958), Walt...
7.3
61 votes
7.3
61 votes
Peter Pan
1953 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Wilfred Jackson · Jack Kinney
Plot Peter Pan has a special place in the realm of classic animated Disney films: it instils an element of child-like wonder. The 1953 version of James M Barrie's story is...
7.1
32K votes
7.1
32K votes
Alice in Wonderland
1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Wilfred Jackson
Plot On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry,...
7.1
33K votes
7.1
33K votes
Donald in Mathmagic Land
1959 · Movie · 27 min. · United States
Direction Les Clark · Hamilton Luske · Joshua Meador · Wolfgang Reitherman
Plot Disney used animation here to explain through this wonderful adventure of Donald how mathmatics can be usuful in our real life. Through this journey Donald shows us how mathmatics are...
7.0
771 votes
7.0
771 votes
Pinocchio
1940 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Ben Sharpsteen · Hamilton Luske
Plot Jiminy Cricket tells a story that begins with a woodworker named Geppetto, who carves a wooden marionette. Geppetto names the puppet Pinocchio and wishes on a star that his creation...
6.8
43K votes
6.8
43K votes
Lady and the Tramp
1955 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Wilfred Jackson
Plot Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home...
6.7
28K votes
6.7
28K votes
Cinderella
1950 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Wilfred Jackson
Plot Disney's adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and...
6.6
30K votes
6.6
30K votes
Mickey and the Beanstalk
1947 · Movie · 29 min. · United States
Direction Hamilton Luske · Bill Roberts
Plot Mickey, Donald and Goofy live in a land where everything is dried up and dead. The only food they have is one loaf of bread, even Donald's plans of killing...
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
101 Dalmatians
1961 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Wolfgang Reitherman · Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske
Plot The evil Cruella De Vil is determined to have the hides of the puppies born to Dalmatians Pongo and Perdita as well as a clutch of others. Cruella hires some...
6.5
78K votes
6.5
78K votes
Willie the Operatic Whale (S)
1946 · Movie · 15 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske
Plot The Metropolitan Opera is looking for the sea monster reported in newspaper headlines, because this monster sings beautifully! The "monster" is actually Willie, a whale who can sing in several...
6.3
113 votes
6.3
113 votes
Pedro (S)
1943 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Hamilton Luske
Plot In a little airport near Santiago, Chile, live three airplanes, a papa plane, which carried mail over the Andes between Chile and Argentina, a mama plane, and a baby plane,...
6.2
99 votes
6.2
99 votes
Donald and the Wheel (S)
1961 · Movie · 17 min. · United States
Direction Hamilton Luske
Plot A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of...
6.2
142 votes
6.2
142 votes
Ben and Me
1953 · Movie · 21 min. · United States
Direction Hamilton Luske
Plot A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence.
6.1
152 votes
6.1
152 votes
Once Upon a Wintertime (S)
1954 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Hamilton Luske
Plot A short segment of the feature film Melody Time (1948), re-released as a separate entity five years afterwards.
6.1
52 votes
6.1
52 votes
Fun and Fancy Free
1947 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Jack Kinney · Hamilton Luske
Plot "Fun and Fancy Free" is a 1947 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 27, 1947. It was one of the "package films"...
6.1
3K votes
6.1
3K votes
Make Mine Music
1946 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Jack Kinney · Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Joshua Meador
Plot Animation done to contemporary popular music.
6.1
511 votes
6.1
511 votes
So Dear to My Heart
1948 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Harold D. Schuster · Hamilton Luske
Cast Burl Ives · Beulah Bondi · Bobby Driscoll · Luana Patten
Plot Set in early 20th century Indiana (in 1903), So Dear to My Heart tells the tale of Jeremiah Kincaid (Bobby Driscoll) and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny...
6.0
61 votes
6.0
61 votes
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Alfred L. Werker · Hamilton Luske · Jack Cutting · Ub Iwerks
Cast Robert Benchley · Frances Gifford · Buddy Pepper · Nana Bryant
Plot Humorist Robert Benchley visits the Disney Studios to sell Walt on the idea of animating the story of The Reluctant Dragon. While evading an officious young studio guide, Benchley stumbles...
5.9
525 votes
5.9
525 votes
Melody Time
1948 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Geronimi · Wilfred Jackson · Jack Kinney · Hamilton Luske
Plot Segments: "Once Upon a Wintertime," two lovers recued from an icy river by friendly animals; "Bumble Boogie," bee beset by musical instruments and symbols come to life; "Johnny Appleseed," story...
5.8
646 votes
5.8
646 votes