Overview
- Sotto’s death on December 17 was confirmed by his son, Brian, with no cause disclosed by the family or media reports.
- He worked at Walt Disney Imagineering from 1986 to 1999, becoming Senior Vice President of Concept Design in 1994.
- At Disneyland Paris, he led the creation of Main Street, U.S.A., including the now-standard placement of the Disneyland Hotel at the park entrance.
- His portfolio included Tokyo Disneyland master planning and the breakthrough Pooh’s Honey Hunt, EPCOT’s Mission: Space, and key work on Disneyland’s Indiana Jones and area refurbishments.
- The Walt Disney Family Museum cites about $500 million in built projects under his leadership, and after leaving Disney he founded Sotto Studios, as colleagues such as Jim Shull, Bob Weis, and Joe Rohde posted public remembrances.