Person
Marty Sklar
Acting · 1934–2017 · New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Biography
Martin A. "Marty" Sklar was a scriptwriter and construction developer. He was The Walt Disney Company's international ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subsidiary of the company which designs and constructs Disney theme parks and resorts across the world. He was formerly vice president of Concepts and Planning for the company, before being promoted to president, then vice chairman and principal creative executive before his final role. Disney honored him with a Disneyland window dedication ceremony on his date of retirement, July 17, 2009.
Known for

American Experience
Self

Disneyland Resort: Imagineering The Magic
Himself

Disneyland Handcrafted
Self (archive footage)

EPCOT
Writer

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Self

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
Marty Sklar

Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow
Writer
The Making of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Self - Walt Disney Imagineering

Bob Gurr: Turning Dreams into Reality
2016
Filmography
- 2026Disneyland HandcraftedSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Adventure Thru the Walt Disney ArchivesSelf
- 2016Bob Gurr: Turning Dreams into Reality
- 2008Disneyland Resort: Imagineering The MagicHimself
- 2004Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOTMarty Sklar
- 1994The Making of The Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorSelf - Walt Disney Imagineering
- 1988American ExperienceSelf
- 1968Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of TomorrowWriter
- 1967EPCOTWriter
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