Ub Iwerks

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 186

Gender Male

Birthday March 24, 1901

Day of Death July 7, 1971 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

U. B. Iwerk
Ubbe Ert Iwwerks
'Ub' Iwerks
U.B. Iwerks
Ub. Iwerks
Ubbe Iwerks

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Ub Iwerks

Biography

American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, who co-created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney. The works Iwerks produced alongside Disney went on to win numerous awards, including multiple Academy Awards. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, Eert Ubbe Iwerks, emigrated to the U.S. in 1869 from the village of Uttum in East Frisia (northwest Germany, today part of the municipality of Krummhörn). Ub's full name can be seen on early "Alice" shorts that he signed. Several years later he simplified his name to "Ub Iwerks", sometimes written as "U. B. Iwerks."

Known For

Directing

2023

… Director

2018

… Director

2007

… Director

2005

… Director

2004

… Director

1994		Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2 … Director
1994		Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1 … Director

1945

… Director

1942

… Director

1940		Wise Owl … Director
1940		Beauty Shoppe … Director
1940		Ye Olde Swap Shoppe … Director
1940		The Egg Hunt … Director
1940		Blackboard Revue … Director
1940		A Busy Day … Director

1939		Crop Chasers … Director
1939		Nell's Yells … Director
1939		The Gorilla Hunt … Director

1938		Midnight Frolics … Director
1938		The Frog Pond … Director
1938		Snowtime … Director
1938		The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round … Director
1938		Scrappy's Trip To Mars … Director

1937		Porky's Super Service … Director
1937		Foxy Pup … Director
1937		Porky and Gabby … Director
1937		Merry Mannequins … Director
1937		Skeleton Frolics … Director

1936		Two Lazy Crows … Director
1936		Happy Days … Director
1936		Little Boy Blue … Director
1936		Dick Whittington's Cat … Director
1936		Tom Thumb … Director
1936		Ali Baba … Director

1935		Humpty Dumpty … Director
1935		Simple Simon … Director
1935		See How They Won … Director
1935		Balloon Land … Director
1935		The Three Bears … Director
1935		Sinbad the Sailor … Director
1935		Summertime … Director
1935		Mary's Little Lamb … Director
1935		The Microbe Army … Director
1935		Old Mother Hubbard … Director
1935		The Brementown Musicians … Director
1935		Little Black Sambo … Director

1934		Jack Frost … Director
1934		Don Quixote … Director
1934		The King's Tailor … Director
1934		The Headless Horseman … Director
1934		Viva Willie … Director
1934		The Good Scout … Director
1934		Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp … Director
1934		Jungle Jitters … Director
1934		Cave Man … Director
1934		The Queen of Hearts … Director
1934		Rasslin' Round … Director
1934		Reducing Creme … Director
1934		Puss in Boots … Director
1934		Insultin' the Sultan … Director
1934		The Brave Tin Soldier … Director
1934		The Little Red Hen … Director
1934		Robin Hood, Jr. … Director
1934		Davy Jones' Locker … Director
1934		Hell's Fire … Director

1933		Jack and the Beanstalk … Director
1933		Stratos Fear … Director
1933		Spite Flight … Director
1933		Soda Squirt … Director
1933		Play Ball … Director
1933		Pale-Face … Director
1933		Chinaman's Chance … Director
1933		Techno-Cracked … Director
1933		The Air Race … Director
1933		Flip's Lunch Room … Director
1933		Bulloney … Director
1933		Coo Coo the Magician … Director

1932		Funny Face … Director
1932		Nurse Maid … Director
1932		The Music Lesson … Director
1932		Phoney Express … Director
1932		The Goal Rush … Director
1932		Circus … Director
1932		Room Runners … Director
1932		The Office Boy … Director
1932		The Bully … Director
1932		School Days … Director
1932		Puppy Love … Director
1932		What a Life … Director
1932		Fire! Fire! … Director
1932		The Milkman … Director

1931		Spooks … Director
1931		Africa Squeaks … Director
1931		Jail Birds … Director
1931		The Village Specialist … Director
1931		Movie Mad … Director
1931		Stormy Seas … Director
1931		The New Car … Director
1931		Ragtime Romeo … Director
1931		Laughing Gas … Director
1931		The Soup Song … Director
1931		The Village Smitty … Director

1930		Little Orphan Willie … Director
1930		The Cuckoo Murder Case … Director
1930		The Village Barber … Director
1930		Flying Fists … Director
1930		Fiddlesticks … Director
1930		Autumn … Director
1930		Puddle Pranks … Director
1930		Summer … Director

1929		Hell's Bells … Director
1929		Springtime … Director
1929		El Terrible Toreador … Layout
1929		The Skeleton Dance … Layout
1929		The Karnival Kid … Director
1929		The Barnyard Battle … Director
1929		The Opry House … Director
1929		Plane Crazy … Director

1928		The Gallopin' Gaucho … Director
1928		Steamboat Willie … Layout … Director

1927		Empty Socks … Director
1927		All Wet … Director

Visual Effects

1994		Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2 … Animation
1994		Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1 … Animation

1961

… Visual Effects

1957

… Visual Effects

1956

… Visual Effects

1955

… Visual Effects

1954		20,000 Leagues Under the Sea … Visual Effects
1954		Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter … Animation Director
1954		The Donald Duck Story … Visual Effects
1954		The Disneyland Story … Visual Effects

1953

… Visual Effects

1951

… Visual Effects

1950

… Visual Effects

1946

… Visual Effects

1931		Mickey's sleepless night … Animation
1931		Spooks … Animation

1930		Autumn … Animation
1930		Summer … Animation

1929		The Merry Dwarfs … Animation
1929		Hell's Bells … Animation
1929		Springtime … Animation
1929		Mickey's Choo-Choo … Animation
1929		El Terrible Toreador … Animation
1929		The Skeleton Dance … Animation
1929		Plane Crazy … Animation
1929		The Barn Dance … Animation

1928		The Gallopin' Gaucho … Animation
1928		Steamboat Willie … Animation
1928		Poor Papa … Animation
1928		Ozzie of the Mounted … Animation
1928		Ride 'Em Plow Boy … Animation
1928		Sagebrush Sadie … Animation
1928		Rival Romeos … Animation
1928		Africa Before Dark … Animation

1927		Rickety Gin … Animation
1927		The Banker's Daughter … Animation
1927		The Ocean Hop … Animation
1927		All Wet … Animation
1927		Great Guns … Animation
1927		The Mechanical Cow … Animation
1927		Oh, Teacher! … Animation
1927		Trolley Troubles … Animation
1927		Alice in the Big League … Animation
1927		Alice the Beach Nut … Animation
1927		Alice's Medicine Show … Animation
1927		Alice in the Klondike … Animation
1927		Alice's Channel Swim … Animation
1927		Alice's Picnic … Animation
1927		Alice's Three Bad Eggs … Animation
1927		Alice's Knaughty Knight … Animation
1927		Alice's Auto Race … Animation
1927		Alice in the Alps … Animation
1927		Alice the Collegiate … Animation
1927		Alice at the Rodeo … Animation
1927		Alice at the Carnival … Animation
1927		Alice Foils the Pirates … Animation
1927		Alice the Golf Bug … Animation

1926		Alice the Lumberjack … Animation
1926		Alice's Brown Derby … Animation
1926		Alice's Spanish Guitar … Animation
1926		Alice Cuts the Ice … Animation
1926		Alice the Fire Fighter … Animation
1926		Alice Charms the Fish … Animation

1925		Alice Plays Cupid … Animation
1925		Alice Wins the Derby … Animation

1924		Alice the Piper … Animation
1924		Alice Hunting in Africa … Animation
1924		Alice's Day at Sea … Animation

1923

… Animation

1922

… Animation

Production

1940

… Producer

1939

… Producer

1936

… Producer

1935		Balloon Land … Producer
1935		Old Mother Hubbard … Producer
1935		Little Black Sambo … Producer

1934		Jack Frost … Producer
1934		The Headless Horseman … Producer
1934		Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp … Producer
1934		Reducing Creme … Producer

1933		Jack and the Beanstalk … Producer
1933		Coo Coo the Magician … Producer

1931

… Producer

1930

… Producer

1921

… Producer

Writing

1940		Ye Olde Swap Shoppe … Story
1940		The Egg Hunt … Story
1940		A Busy Day … Writer

1939		Crop Chasers … Writer
1939		The Gorilla Hunt … Story

1938

… Writer

1936

… Story

1928

… Writer

Crew

1991

… Thanks

1957

… Special Effects

1956

… Special Effects

1928

… Cinematography

1923

… Cinematography

Art

1960

… Special Props

1929		El Terrible Toreador … Background Designer
1929		The Skeleton Dance … Background Designer

Acting

2022

as Self (archive footage)

1923

as Himself

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Ub Iwerks

Biography

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Visual Effects

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