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Ubbe Ert Iwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (/ ˈ ʌ b ˈ aɪ w ɜːr k s / UB EYE-wurks), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios in general, and for having worked on the development of the design of the character of Mickey Mouse, among others.
Jul 7, 2021 · NOEL KING, HOST: Fifty years ago today, an animator named Ub Iwerks died. He was never a household name, but he is responsible for some of Disney's greatest special effects, and he designed Mickey ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Ub Iwerks (born March 24, 1901, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.—died July 7, 1971, Burbank, Calif.) was an American animator and special-effects technician who, among many other achievements, brought the world-renowned cartoon character Mickey Mouse to life.. Iwerks was the son of an immigrant German barber. When he was 18 years old, he met and befriended Walt Disney, a fellow employee at the Pesman ...
Mar 24, 2017 · The trailblazing success of the third-produced (but first released) Mickey Mouse short Steamboat Willie (1928)—a cartoon in which Ub received a rare screen credit as an animator—and the films that followed gave Walt the financial flexibility to develop a new experimental series of cartoons without a central character: the Silly Symphonies.Ub animated through the first year of Sillies, and ...
Jun 9, 2022 · Iwerks’ granddaughter fought for credit for her grandfather after his death. Iwerks did receive some recognition for his contributions to animation, winning Academy Awards for his achievements in 1960 and 1965 and a nomination for his work in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963). He died in 1971, 3 months before the opening of Disney World.
Ub Iwerks was considered by many to be Walt Disney's oldest friend, and spent most of his career with Disney. The two met in 1919 while working for the Pesme...
Don Iwerks followed his father, Disney Legend Ub Iwerks, to The Walt Disney Studios in 1950. There, among many leadership roles and accomplishments, Don developed cameras, projectors, and other technical systems, many of which are still used in Disney parks around the world, among them Circle-Vision 360, wide-gauge 3-D film systems, and the projection system for the wildly popular Star Tours ...
Jul 7, 2021 · NOEL KING, HOST: Fifty years ago today, an animator named Ub Iwerks died. He was never a household name, but he is responsible for some of Disney's greatest special effects, and he designed Mickey Mouse.
Ub Iwerks. Visual Effects: The Birds. Ub Iwerks worked as a commercial artist in Kansas City in 1919 when he met Walt Disney who was in the same profession. When Disney decided to form an animation company, Ub Iwerks was the first employee he had due to his skill at fast drawing as well as being a personal friend. When Charles Mintz raided Disney's animation studio and stole the rights to...
The untold story of Ub Iwerks, the original designer and animator of Mickey Mouse and Academy-Award winning motion picture pioneer.
