This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.
Crew
Dick Rickard
Director
Robert Lawson
Novel
Munro Leaf
Novel
Ford Beebe
Assistant Director
Vernon Stallings
Storyboard
Walt Disney
Producer
Marc Davis
Animation Production Assistant
Jack Bradbury
Animation
Robert Stokes
Animation
Jack Campbell
Animation
Milt Kahl
Animation
Don Lusk
Animation
Ward Kimball
Animation
Hamilton Luske
Animation
Stan Quackenbush
Animation
Bernard Garbutt
Animation
Albert Hay Malotte
Original Music Composer
Martin Provensen
Characters
Thor Putnam
Layout
Ken Anderson
Layout, Background Designer
Gordon Legg
Title Graphics
Claude Coats
Background Designer
