Felix Salten Felix Salten Felix Salten (; 6 September 1869 – 8 October 1945) was an Austrian author and critic in Vienna. His most famous work is "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" (1923). Salten was born Siegmund Salzmann in Pest, Austria-Hungary, the grandson of an Orthodox rabbi. When he was four weeks old, his family relocated to Vienna, Austria. Many Jews were immigrating into the city during the late 19th century because Vienna had granted full citizenship to Jews in 1867. When his father became bankrupt, the sixteen-year-old Salten quit school and began working for an insurance agency. He also began
Walt Disney Television (production company) Walt Disney Telefilms, was a TV film production company and a division of Walt Disney Television. The division provided movies for "The Wonderful World of Disney". With the purchase of Capital Cities/ABC, Disney CEO Michael Eisner wanted to relaunch "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC in 1996 with a movie franchise. Walt Disney Telefilms was formed to produce films for the anthology TV series by 1995. Leah Keith was transferred from Walt Disney Pictures that year to the telefilms division. Hollywood Pictures executive vice president Charles Hirschhorn oversaw Walt Disney Telefilms as president in June 1996, reporting to Dean