Ub Iwerks
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Also Known As
Ubbe Ert Iwerks
Birth Place
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Born
March 24, 1901
Died
July 07, 1971
Biography
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Animator who collaborated intermittently with Walt Disney after the pair met in 1919 while working in a Chicago art studio. Iwerks received on-screen credit ("drawn by") for early Disney cartoons and was instrumental in creating Mickey Mouse. He also supervised the special effects for Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963)....
Biography
Animator who collaborated intermittently with Walt Disney after the pair met in 1919 while working in a Chicago art studio. Iwerks received on-screen credit ("drawn by") for early Disney cartoons and was instrumental in creating Mickey Mouse. He also supervised the special effects for Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963).
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Cartoon seq Director
Dick Whittington's Cat
(1941)
Director
The Jazz Fool
(1929)
Director
Mickey's Follies
(1929)
Director
Springtime
(1929)
Director
Jungle Rhythm
(1929)
Director
The Skeleton Dance
(1929)
Director
The Plow Boy
(1929)
Director
El Terrible Toreador
(1929)
Director
The Barn Dance
(1929)
Director
The Karnival Kid
(1929)
Director
The Cat's Away
(1929)
Director
Mickey's Choo-Choo
(1929)
Director
Summer
(1929)
Director
The Barnyard Battle
(1929)
Director
The Gallopin' Gaucho
(1928)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Plane Crazy
(1928)
Animator
Writer (Feature Film)
Steamboat Willie
(1928)
Screenwriter
Producer (Feature Film)
Dick Whittington's Cat
(1941)
Producer
Visual Effects (Feature Film)
The Birds
(1963)
Sp Photographer adv
The Three Lives of Thomasina
(1963)
Special Effects
The Parent Trap
(1961)
Special Photography Effects
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
(1961)
Sp proc
Jungle Cat
(1960)
Special processes
Pollyanna
(1960)
Special Effects
Ten Who Dared
(1960)
Special Effects
Toby Tyler
(1960)
Special Effects
Sleeping Beauty
(1959)
Special processes
White Wilderness
(1958)
Special processes
Perri
(1957)
Special Effects
Johnny Tremain
(1957)
Special processes
Disneyland, U.S.A.
(1956)
Special processes
The Great Locomotive Chase
(1956)
Special processes
Secrets of Life
(1956)
Special processes
Westward Ho the Wagons!
(1956)
Special process
Lady and the Tramp
(1955)
Special processes
The Vanishing Prairie
(1954)
Special processes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1954)
Special processes
The Living Desert
(1953)
Special processes
Peter Pan
(1953)
Special processes
Alice in Wonderland
(1951)
Special processes
Cinderella
(1950)
Special processes
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
(1949)
Special processes
So Dear to My Heart
(1949)
Special process
Melody Time
(1948)
Special processes
Fun and Fancy Free
(1947)
Process Effects
Song of the South
(1946)
Special processes
Make Mine Music
(1946)
Process Effects
The Three Caballeros
(1945)
Process Effects
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Special Effects
Animation (Feature Film)
The Cat's Away
(1929)
Animator
Mickey's Choo-Choo
(1929)
Animator
Springtime
(1929)
Animator
Jungle Rhythm
(1929)
Animator
Mickey's Follies
(1929)
Animator
The Barn Dance
(1929)
Animator
The Jazz Fool
(1929)
Animator
Summer
(1929)
Animator
The Skeleton Dance
(1929)
Animator
The Barnyard Battle
(1929)
Animator
El Terrible Toreador
(1929)
Animator
The Karnival Kid
(1929)
Animator
The Plow Boy
(1929)
Animator
The Gallopin' Gaucho
(1928)
Animator
Steamboat Willie
(1928)
Animation
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
101 Dalmatians
(1961)
Other
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
(1955)
Other
Plane Crazy
(1928)
Other
Director (Short)
Sinbad the Sailor
(1935)
Director
Life Events
1914
Left grammar school and went to work in a bank
1919
Met Walt Disney while working for a commercial art firm
1920
Formed Iwerks-Disney Studio, a freelance operation which folded after one month
1928
Designed the original Mickey Mouse (then Mortimer Mouse) in "Steamboat Willie"
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