Ub iwerks

Most animation fans know that Ub Iwerks co-created Mickey Mouse. But he contributed much more to animation.

Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks

Ub Iwerks (October 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971) was an American animator, cartoonist, and special effects' technician. He is best known for collaborating with Walt Disney, co-creating Mickey Mouse, designing the multiplane camera, and

Ub Iwerks was a man of many talents. He was a prolific animator and a brilliant technical mind. He was Walt’s Swiss Army knife, a man who was to Walt whatever he needed him to be.

Most animation fans know that Ub Iwerks co-created Mickey Mouse. But he contributed much more to animation.

Cold? Yes, it's downright f-f-f-frosty. Ub Iwerks — Jack Frost — 1934

New video game Epic Mickey: the Power of Two sees the resurrection of a little-known Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Oswald was the very first cartoon that Walt Disney created in the 1920s, and was at the time a major silent cartoon star. However, in 1928, Walt Disney lost the rights to Oswald to Universal Pictures and famously in response, decided to design and create a mouse instead. Whereas Mickey went on to become an iconic Hollywood star in the 1930s, and the Walt Disney…

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Ub Iwerks is known as an instrumental player in making the Walt Disney Company what it is today, and he was with the company from the beginning. In fact, he and Walt Disney were friends long before there was a Walt Disney Company, being young animators together in the emerging industry. Here is his story.