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It's Tough to Be a Bird

1969 film by Ward Kimball
Movie short_film Q1161881
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Summary

It's Tough to Be a Bird is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3]
  • Instance of: film[4]
  • Director: Ward Kimball[5]
  • Screenwriter: Ted Berman[6]
  • Composer: George Bruns[7]
  • Genre: comedy film[8], live-action/animated film[9]
  • Cast member: Walter Perkins[10]
  • Producer: Walt Disney[11]
  • Production company: The Walt Disney Company[12]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[13]
  • Color: color[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Publication date: December 10, 1969[16]
  • Voice actor: Ruth Buzzi[17], Richard Bakalyan[18]
  • Distributed by: Cinema International Corporation[19]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[20], BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film[21]
  • Title: It's Tough to Be a Bird[22]
  • Duration: 21 minutes[23]

Why It Matters

It's Tough to Be a Bird has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

What awards did It's Tough to Be a Bird receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

film Ruth Buzzi The Walt Disney Company United States Walt Disney

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . bcdb.com. bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Screenwriter → Ted Berman
    Production company → The Walt Disney Company
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