John Hench
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John Hench was an American artist, designer and director at the Walt Disney Company. For 65 years, he helped design and develop various Disney attractions and theme parks.
Hench (left) with Walt Disney
Walt Disney Imagineering
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Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc.—commonly referred to as Walt Disney Imagineering, Imagineering, or WDI—is the research and development arm of the Walt Disney Company, responsible
John Hench
…on the animated short Destino, a project which began in 1945 and was not completed until 2003. Afterwards, he moved to WED Enterprises (now known as Walt Disney Imagineering). In 1954, Hench was in the studio's live action department, as lead developer of the hydraulic giant squid in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The film…
WDI headquarters in Glendale, California
WED Enterprises engineers examining a model for Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom in 1973
Walt Disney in 1966, inspecting plastic heads for use in the Disneyland iteration of Pirates of the Caribbean