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'''Roy Edward Disney''' (born [[January 10]], [[1930]]) was a longtime senior executive for the [[Walt Disney Company]], which his father [[Roy Oliver Disney|Roy Oliver]] and his uncle [[Walt Disney|Walt]] founded. He is still a major shareholder, and currently serves as a consultant for the company with the title Director Emeritus. He is perhaps best known for organizing the ouster of two top Disney executives: first, [[Ron Miller]] in 1984, and then [[Michael Eisner]] in 2005.
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==Early career at Walt Disney Productions==
Disney is the son of the late [[Roy Oliver Disney]] and Edna Francis, and nephew of [[Walt Disney]]. He first began working for the [[Walt Disney Company]] as an assistant film editor of "True-Life Adventure" films in 1954. He married Patricia Ann Dailey in 1955 and is a father of four. He continued to work as a writer, director and producer until 1967 when he was elected to the Board of Directors of the company.
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==First "Save Disney" war (1984)==
He resigned as an executive in [[1977]] due to disagreements with his colleagues' decisions at the time. As he claimed later, "I just felt creatively the company was not going anywhere interesting. It was very stifling."
But he retained a seat on the board of directors. His resignation from the board in [[1984]], which occurred in the midst of a corporate takeover battle, was the beginning of a series of developments that led to the replacement of company president and CEO [[Ronald William Miller]] (married to Walt's daughter [[Diane Marie Disney]]) by [[Michael Eisner]] and [[Frank Wells]]. Roy soon returned to the company as vice-chairman of the board of directors and head of the animation department.
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==Partnership with Eisner==
He set his goal as revitalizing the company's tradition of animated feature films and by the end of the decade there were successes in this department. Although Roy acted largely as a figurehead, he could wield significant power, even over Eisner, his ostensible boss, and employees of the department have praised Roy for ensuring them plenty of artistic freedom on their projects. During the [[1990s]] Roy's department produced a number of commercially successful, critically acclaimed films and the era has been called a [[renaissance]] for the company and animation in general, though there was a decline in profits starting at the end of the decade. On [[October 16]], [[1998]] in a surprise presentation made at the newly unveiled Disney Legends Plaza at the company's headquarters, Disney Chairman [[Michael Eisner]] presented him with the prestigious [[Disney Legends]] Award.
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Roy's pet project was the film ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'', a sequel to the [[1940]] animated movie ''[[Fantasia (movie)|Fantasia]]'' produced by his uncle [[Walt Disney]]. Walt Disney had planned a sequel to the original movie but it was never made. Roy decided to make this long-delayed sequel, and he was the executive producer of the film that took nine years to produce and was finally released on [[December 17]], [[1999]]. Like its predecessor the film combines high-quality contemporary animation and classical music. Many view it in the upper echelon of Disney movies.
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Roy has gained celebrity status. He was the last member of the [[Disney family]] to be actively involved in the company. He has been compared to both his uncle [[Walt Disney]] and his father [[Roy Oliver Disney]], and he is said to resemble them both in appearance and personality. Forbes magazine has estimated his personal fortune at about [[United States dollar|USD$]]900 million.
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==Second "Save Disney" war (2003-05)==
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After a struggle with CEO [[Michael Eisner]], Roy Disney's influence began to wane as more executives friendly to Eisner were appointed to high posts. When the board of directors rejected Disney's request for an extension of his term as board member, he announced his resignation on [[November 30]], [[2003]], citing "serious differences of opinion about the direction and style of management" in the company. He issued a letter criticizing Eisner for mismanaging the company, neglecting the studio's animation division, failures with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], timidity in the [[Disney Parks and Resorts|theme park]] business, instilling a corporate mentality in the executive structure, turning the Walt Disney Company into a "rapacious, soul-less" company, and of refusing to establish a clear succession plan.
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After his resignation, Disney helped establish the website SaveDisney.com, intended to oust Michael Eisner and his supporters from their positions and revamp the Walt Disney Company.
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On [[March 3]], [[2004]], at Disney's annual shareholders' meeting, a surprising and unprecedented 43% of Disney's shareholders, predominantly rallied by former board members Roy Disney and [[Stanley Gold]], voted to oppose the reelection of Eisner to the corporate board of directors. This vigorous opposition, unusual in major public corporations, convinced Disney's board to strip Eisner of his chairmanship and give that position to former [[U.S. Senator]] [[George J. Mitchell|George Mitchell]]. However, the board did not give Eisner's detractors what they really wanted: his immediate removal as chief executive.
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As criticism of Eisner intensified in the wake of the shareholder meeting, however, his position became more and more tenuous, and on [[March 13]], [[2005]], Eisner announced that he would step down as CEO on [[September 30]], one year before his contract expired.
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On [[July 8]], Roy and the Walt Disney Company, then still nominally headed by Eisner but, in fact, run by Iger, agreed to "put aside their differences." Roy was not reinstated to the board, but he was granted the title Director [[Emeritus]] and made a consultant to the company. Roy and Gold agreed to shut down their SaveDisney.com website, which went offline [[August 7]].
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On [[September 30]], Eisner resigned both as an executive and as a member of the board of directors, and, severing all formal ties with the company, he waived his contractual rights to perks such as use of a corporate jet and an office at the company's Burbank headquarters. Eisner's replacement was his longtime lieutenant, [[Bob Iger]].
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One of Roy Disney's stated reasons for engineering his second "Save Disney" initiative had been Eisner's well-publicized but financially unjustified dissatisfaction with longtime production partner [[Pixar Animation Studios]] and its CEO [[Steve Jobs]], creators of shared hits [[Toy Story]], [[Monsters, Inc.]], and other critically acclaimed computer animated motion pictures. This estrangement was quickly repaired by successor Iger upon Eisner's exit, and on [[January 24]], [[2006]], the company announced it would acquire Pixar for US $7.4 billion, catapulting Jobs, also founder and CEO of [[Apple Computer]], to Disney's largest shareholder with 6% of the corporation's outstanding shares and a new seat on Disney's board of directors. Former CEO Eisner, who still held 1.7% of shares, would become Disney's second largest shareholder, and Director Emeritus Roy Disney, with 1% of shares, would become its third largest owner.
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Roy Disney's efforts to oust Eisner from the legendary entertainment company were chronicled by [[James R. Stewart]] in his bestselling book, ''[[DisneyWar]]''.
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==External links==
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*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Roy_Edward_Disney_resignation_letter Text of Roy Disney's resignation letter]
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*[http://www.savedisney.com SaveDisney.com] (defunct after August 7 2005)
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* {{imdb name|id=0004877|name=Roy Edward Disney}}
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*[[Netribution]] [http://www.netribution.co.uk/2/content/view/130/35/ interview]
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