Leslie Iwerks; Mark Catalina; Becky Cline; Tom Fitzgerald
Group of featured guests on this episode: a documentary director/producer (Leslie Iwerks and Mark Catalina), the director of the Walt Disney Archives (Becky Cline), and a senior creative executive at Walt Disney Imagineering (Tom Fitzgerald), who provide firsthand expertise on the creation and construction of Disneyland.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 30min
Disneyland on a Deadline
Leslie Iwerks, documentary director/producer, and Mark Catalina, fellow filmmaker, join Becky Cline, director of the Walt Disney Archives, and Tom Fitzgerald, senior creative exec at Imagineering. They tell the story of Walt Disney’s high-stakes gamble to build Disneyland in 12 months. Hear about rare construction footage, engineering fixes for leaky rivers, inventive ride solutions, and the frantic final push before opening.
