In 1934, Walt Disney was on the brink.

His dream to create America’s first animated feature film, Snow White, was bold—maybe even impossible. What he needed wasn’t just money. He needed something cartoons had never been given: the fine arts.

Enter Nelbert Chouinard.

A visionary educator and founder of one of the nation’s top art schools, she had no stake in Walt’s success. But she believed in his vision. And her yes changed everything.

Chouinard & Disney tells the untold story of a partnership that launched a new era of storytelling.