{"id":12563,"date":"2024-10-30T20:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/?page_id=12563"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:12:54","slug":"ted-sears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/fr\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/ted-sears\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Sears"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kt-info-box12563_23a971-09 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{max-width:unset;}.kt-info-box12563_23a971-09 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);}.kt-info-box12563_23a971-09 .kadence-info-box-icon-container .kt-info-svg-icon, .kt-info-box12563_23a971-09 .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, .kt-info-box12563_23a971-09 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him:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/the-story\/production-documents\/story-conference-of-10-09-1934-suggestions-and-notes-on-snow-white\/\">Story Conference of 10\/09\/1934: Suggestions and notes on Snow White<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/the-story\/production-documents\/story-notes-of-12-15-1935-dwarfs-entertaining-snowwhite-sequence\/\" title=\"Story notes of 12\/15\/1935: Dwarfs entertaining SnowWhite sequence\">Story notes of 12\/15\/1935: Dwarfs entertaining SnowWhite sequence<\/a><br><br>Job on Snow White:<br>Scriptwriter<br>Head of the story department<br>Worked on all sequences<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/\">Back to Main Titles<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id12563_26fd2e-f4 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id12563_26fd2e-f4 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > 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His first contribution seems to be the Silly Symphony <em>Babes in the Woods<\/em> and from there, he was associated in each and every Disney production until his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sears&#8217;s proverbial sense of humor helped him submit gag ideas and his contribution to the history of the studio cannot be overstated. He is almost systematically listed among the participants of <a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/the-story\/production-documents\/\" title=\"Production documents\">the story meetings<\/a> for <em>Snow White<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/dick-huemer\/\" title=\"Dick Huemer\">Dick Huemer<\/a> even credits him with inventing the concept of the storyboard, generally attibuted to <a href=\"https:\/\/snowwhitemuseum.com\/about-the-film\/main-titles\/webb-smith\/\" title=\"Webb Smith\">Webb Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Ted was able to achieve two of the goals he set for himself in life: he made good pictures and he made good friends.<\/p><cite>Winston Hibler<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main storyman Ted Sears, when he was hired by Walt Disney in 1931, already had a solid career in films, but also in animation, as he had worked for Raoul Barr\u00e9 and Max Fleischer. 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