A talented artist and animal trainer, Boyd Shaffer worked on several of Disney’s nature movies, including White Wilderness and Perri.
DIDIER GHEZ: When and where were you born?
BOYD SHAFFER: I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 17, 1925.
DG: What did you do before working for Disney?
BS: My earliest known drawing was a pastel of an African Gray Parrot which I had given to my Aunt Gillie who lived in Melville, Utah. I did it when I was six.
SUSAN SHAFFER: I saw it in 1977 when we were in the area. She had framed it and it was in her dining room. It was actually quite good.
BS: As a kid I was always examining every bug I saw, and every bird.
SS: Birds are Boyd’s passion and his bird portraits are amazing. […]
