Watch Walt Before Mickey

This low-budget biographical drama traces the early career of the legendary animation magnate as he struggles to get his business off the ground. It focuses on the time in Walt Disney's life in which his first animation studio in Kansas City failed to thrive, followed by his move to Los Angeles, where he tried to work his way into the movie business against the current of the times. The film stars Thomas Ian Nicholas as Disney and was directed by Khoa Le from a screenplay by Arthur L. Bernstein and Armando Gutierrez. The film was released in 2015 and had a limited nationwide run in theaters.