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