Larry Billman began his life as a musical performer on stage (Hollywood, Broadway, Las Vegas), TV and film, but his writing skills soon led him to Disney live entertainment. From 1969 to the present, he has written, directed and/or produced hundreds of live shows at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, as well as creating touring shows for the Disney Company. As creative director, he opened 7 non-Disney theme parks in Japan but returned as Creative Director for the creation of Tokyo DisneySea in 2001. He also has directed 6 editions of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and for the legitimate theater in the U.S., Germany and Japan. Author of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors (McFarland) and two Bio-Bibliographies for Greenwood Press about Fred Astaire and Betty Grable. In 1998, he founded the Academy of Dance in Film, a non-profit foundation dedicated to honor the art of film dance and choreography and has been an Associate Professor at Cal State Long Beach, USC and other universities in California on the subject. He recently did the audio commentary for "Top Hat" in the newly released WB "Astaire and Rogers" DVD set.
17 movies · 1 shows
Making the Team: The Talent of 'Pigskin Parade'
2007·0.0
A Portrait of Danny Kaye
2007·0.0
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006·4.9
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006·6.0
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006·0.0
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
2006·7.5
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006·0.0
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
2005·0.0
The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step
2005·8.0
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005·10.0
"Follow the Fleet": The Origins of Those Dancing Feet
2005·7.0
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love
1969·0.0
Sweet Charity
1969·6.9
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968·5.6
Carnival Nights
1968·7.0
Kismet
1967·7.3
The Americanization of Emily
1964·6.7