Bob Weis

Biography

Bob Weis is a dreamer who believes if you can imagine it, you can do it. He was an Imagineer over a forty-year time span from 1980 to 2023. In those years, Bob worked on every Disney park and resort around the world.  His new book, Dream Chasing: My Four Decades of Success and Failure with Walt Disney Imagineering will be released by Disney Editions on September 24th.  He was president of Walt Disney Imagineering from 2016 to 2022, and a Disney Global Imagineering Ambassador after that. His passion for storytelling and creative collaboration, new technologies, and for the vibrancy of the guest experience has driven him through projects from Tokyo Disneyland (and later its accompanying park, Tokyo DisneySea) and Disney’s Hollywood Studios to the reinvention of Disney California Adventure and on to Shanghai Disneyland. Weis also led the creative development of the new Triton class of cruise ships, the first of which was the critically acclaimed Disney Wish.  Outside of Disney, Weis has served as a consultant to the Kennedy Space Center, Smithsonian, New York City’s Rockefeller Center, the U.S. Navy, and Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.  He is a recipient of multiple theme park industry awards, including the Theme Park Entertainment Association’s Buzz Price Lifetime Achievement Award and the Marty & Leah Sklar Creative Visionary Award, and received a famed Mouser, an honor originated by Walt Disney, which was presented to him by Bob Iger for his contributions as a Disney Imagineer.  Bob writes about entertainment and immersive design and storytelling, develops film projects, and is a creative consultant on design projects around the world. He resides in California with his wife, and is the proud dad to a daughter and son.   www.bobweis.com