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Ub Iwerks

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 24, 1901 (125 years old)

Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Ub Iwerks

Biography

Ubbe Ert Iwerks, known as Ub Iwerks, was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician who co-created the characters 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.

Known For

Writing

2025Mickey’s Slayhouse...Characters
2013Croissant de Triomphe...Characters
1940Baby Checkers...Writer
1940Ye Olde Swap Shoppe...Story
1940The Egg Hunt...Story
1940A Busy Day...Writer
1939Crop Chasers...Writer
1939The Gorilla Hunt...Story
1938Snowtime...Writer
1932The Bully...Story
1932School Days...Story
1932Puppy Love...Story
1932What a Life...Story
1932Fire! Fire!...Story
1932The Milkman...Story
1931Africa Squeaks...Story
1931Jail Birds...Story
1931The Village Specialist...Story
1931Movie Mad...Story
1931Stormy Seas...Story
1931The New Car...Story
1931Ragtime Romeo...Story
1931Laughing Gas...Story
1931The Soup Song...Story
1931The Village Smitty...Story
1930Little Orphan Willie...Story
1930The Cuckoo Murder Case...Story
1930The Village Barber...Writer
1930Fiddlesticks...Story
1930Puddle Pranks...Writer
1928Steamboat Willie...Writer

Directing

2023Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1)...Director
2018Celebrating Mickey...Director
2007Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past...Director
2005Vintage Mickey...Director
1994Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1...Director
1994Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2...Director
1945Carnival Courage...Director
1942Stop That Tank!...Director
1940Wise Owl...Director
1940Beauty Shoppe...Director
1940Baby Checkers...Director
1940Ye Olde Swap Shoppe...Director
1940The Egg Hunt...Director
1940Blackboard Revue...Director
1940A Busy Day...Director
1939Crop Chasers...Director
1939Nell's Yells...Director
1939The Gorilla Hunt...Director
1938Midnight Frolics...Director
1938The Frog Pond...Director
1938Snowtime...Director
1938The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round...Director
1938Scrappy's Trip To Mars...Director
1937Porky's Super Service...Director
1937Foxy Pup...Director
1937Porky and Gabby...Director
1937Merry Mannequins...Director
1937Skeleton Frolic...Director
1936Two Lazy Crows...Director
1936Happy Days...Director
1936Little Boy Blue...Director
1936Dick Whittington's Cat...Director
1936Tom Thumb...Director
1936Ali Baba...Director
1935Humpty Dumpty...Director
1935Simple Simon...Director
1935See How They Won...Director
1935Balloon Land...Director
1935The Three Bears...Director
1935Sinbad the Sailor...Director
1935Summertime...Director
1935Mary's Little Lamb...Director
1935The Microbe Army...Director
1935Old Mother Hubbard...Director
1935The Brementown Musicians...Director
1935Little Black Sambo...Director
1934Jack Frost...Director
1934Don Quixote...Director
1934The King's Tailor...Director
1934The Headless Horseman...Director
1934Viva Willie...Director
1934The Good Scout...Director
1934Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp...Director
1934Jungle Jitters...Director
1934The Cave Man...Director
1934The Queen of Hearts...Director
1934Rasslin' Round...Director
1934Reducing Creme...Director
1934Puss in Boots...Director
1934Insultin' the Sultan...Director
1934The Brave Tin Soldier...Director
1934The Little Red Hen...Director
1934Robin Hood, Jr....Director
1934Davy Jones' Locker...Director
1934Hell's Fire...Director
1933Jack and the Beanstalk...Director
1933Stratos Fear...Director
1933Spite Flight...Director
1933Soda Squirt...Director
1933Play Ball...Director
1933Pale-Face...Director
1933Chinaman's Chance...Director
1933Techno-Cracked...Director
1933The Air Race...Director
1933Flip's Lunch Room...Director
1933Bulloney...Director
1933Coo Coo the Magician...Director
1932Funny Face...Director
1932Nurse Maid...Director
1932The Music Lesson...Director
1932The Pony Express...Director
1932The Goal Rush...Director
1932Circus...Director
1932Room Runners...Director
1932The Office Boy...Director
1932The Bully...Director
1932School Days...Director
1932Puppy Love...Director
1932What a Life...Director
1932Fire! Fire!...Director
1932The Milkman...Director
1931Spooks...Director
1931Africa Squeaks...Director
1931Jail Birds...Director
1931The Village Specialist...Director
1931Movie Mad...Director
1931Stormy Seas...Director
1931The New Car...Director
1931Ragtime Romeo...Director
1931Laughing Gas...Director
1931The Soup Song...Director
1931The Village Smitty...Director
1930Little Orphan Willie...Director
1930The Cuckoo Murder Case...Director
1930The Village Barber...Director
1930Flying Fists...Director
1930Fiddlesticks...Director
1930Autumn...Director
1930Puddle Pranks...Director
1930Summer...Director
1929Hell's Bells...Director
1929Springtime...Director
1929Mickey's Choo-Choo...Director
1929El Terrible Toreador...Layout
1929The Skeleton Dance...Layout
1929The Karnival Kid...Director
1929The Barnyard Battle...Director
1929The Opry House...Director
1929Plane Crazy...Director
1928The Gallopin' Gaucho...Director
1928Steamboat Willie...Director
1928Steamboat Willie...Layout
1927Empty Socks...Director
1927The Ocean Hop...Director
1927All Wet...Director

Creator

2010Me & Mickey...Creator

Visual Effects

1994Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1...Animation
1994Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2...Animation
1963The Birds...Visual Effects
1961The Parent Trap...Visual Effects
1957Tricks of Our Trade...Visual Effects
1956Samoa...Visual Effects
1956The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure...Visual Effects
1956Sardinia...Visual Effects
1955Man and the Moon...Visual Effects
1955Lady and the Tramp...Visual Effects
1955Davy Crockett Goes to Congress...Visual Effects
195420,000 Leagues Under the Sea...Visual Effects
1954Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter...Animation Director
1954The Donald Duck Story...Visual Effects
1954The Disneyland Story...Visual Effects
1953Peter Pan...Visual Effects
1951Alice in Wonderland...Visual Effects
1950Cinderella...Visual Effects
1946Song of the South...Visual Effects
1932Puppy Love...Animation
1932Fire! Fire!...Animation
1932The Milkman...Animation
1931Mickey's sleepless night...Animation
1931Spooks...Animation
1931Africa Squeaks...Animation
1931Jail Birds...Animation
1931The Village Specialist...Animation
1931Movie Mad...Animation
1931Stormy Seas...Animation
1931The New Car...Animation
1931Ragtime Romeo...Animation
1931Laughing Gas...Animation
1931The Soup Song...Animation
1931The Village Smitty...Animation
1930Little Orphan Willie...Animation
1930The Cuckoo Murder Case...Animation
1930The Village Barber...Animation
1930Fiddlesticks...Animation
1930Autumn...Animation
1930Puddle Pranks...Animation
1930Summer...Animation
1929The Merry Dwarfs...Animation
1929Hell's Bells...Animation
1929Springtime...Animation
1929Springtime...Layout Supervisor
1929Mickey's Choo-Choo...Animation
1929El Terrible Toreador...Animation
1929The Skeleton Dance...Animation
1929The Barnyard Battle...Animation
1929The Barnyard Battle...Layout Supervisor
1929Plane Crazy...Animation
1929The Barn Dance...Animation
1928The Gallopin' Gaucho...Animation
1928Poor Papa...Animation
1928Steamboat Willie...Animation
1928Ozzie of the Mounted...Animation
1928Ride 'Em Plow Boy...Animation
1928Sagebrush Sadie...Animation
1928Rival Romeos...Animation
1928Africa Before Dark...Animation
1927Rickety Gin...Animation
1927The Banker's Daughter...Animation
1927The Ocean Hop...Animation
1927All Wet...Animation
1927Great Guns...Animation
1927The Mechanical Cow...Animation
1927Oh, Teacher!...Animation
1927Trolley Troubles...Animation
1927Alice in the Big League...Animation
1927Alice the Beach Nut...Animation
1927Alice's Medicine Show...Animation
1927Alice in the Klondike...Animation
1927Alice's Channel Swim...Animation
1927Alice's Picnic...Animation
1927Alice's Three Bad Eggs...Animation
1927Alice's Knaughty Knight...Animation
1927Alice's Auto Race...Animation
1927Alice in the Alps...Animation
1927Alice the Collegiate...Animation
1927Alice at the Rodeo...Animation
1927Alice at the Carnival...Animation
1927Alice Foils the Pirates...Animation
1927Alice the Golf Bug...Animation
1926Alice the Lumberjack...Animation
1926Alice's Brown Derby...Animation
1926Alice's Spanish Guitar...Animation
1926Alice Cuts the Ice...Animation
1926Alice the Fire Fighter...Animation
1926Alice Charms the Fish...Animation
1925Alice Plays Cupid...Animation
1925Alice Wins the Derby...Animation
1925Alice Gets Stung...Animation
1925Alice Cans the Cannibals...Animation
1924Alice the Piper...Animation
1924Alice Hunting in Africa...Animation
1924Alice's Fishy Story...Animation
1924Alice's Day at Sea...Animation
1923Alice's Wonderland...Animation
1922Tommy Tucker's Tooth...Animation
1922Little Red Riding Hood...Animation
Monsters of the Deep...Animation

Crew

1991The Dating Game...Thanks
1957The Navajos: Children of the Gods...Special Effects
1957Perri...Special Effects
1956Westward Ho, The Wagons!...Special Effects
1928Hungry Hoboes...Cinematography
1923Alice's Wonderland...Cinematography

Art

1960Jungle Cat...Special Props
1929El Terrible Toreador...Background Designer
1929The Skeleton Dance...Background Designer
1929The Barnyard Battle...Background Designer

Production

1940A Busy Day...Producer
1939Crop Chasers...Producer
1936Happy Days...Producer
1935Balloon Land...Producer
1935Old Mother Hubbard...Producer
1935Little Black Sambo...Producer
1934Jack Frost...Producer
1934The Headless Horseman...Producer
1934Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp...Producer
1934Reducing Creme...Producer
1933Jack and the Beanstalk...Producer
1933Coo Coo the Magician...Producer
1932The Bully...Producer
1932School Days...Producer
1932Puppy Love...Producer
1932What a Life...Producer
1932Fire! Fire!...Producer
1932The Milkman...Producer
1931Spooks...Producer
1931Africa Squeaks...Producer
1931Jail Birds...Producer
1931The Village Specialist...Producer
1931Movie Mad...Producer
1931Stormy Seas...Producer
1931The New Car...Producer
1931Ragtime Romeo...Producer
1931Laughing Gas...Producer
1931The Soup Song...Producer
1931The Village Smitty...Producer
1930Little Orphan Willie...Producer
1930The Cuckoo Murder Case...Producer
1930The Village Barber...Producer
1930Flying Fists...Producer
1930Fiddlesticks...Producer
1930Puddle Pranks...Producer
1921Newman Laugh-O-Grams...Producer

Acting

2022Mickey: The Story of a Mouseas Self (archive footage)
1923Alice's Wonderlandas Self