Ub Iwerks

Ub Iwerks

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.

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Movies Made by Ub Iwerks (195)

Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1) (2023)

Director

Celebrating Mickey (2018)

Director

Croissant de Triomphe (2013)

Characters

Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past (2007)

Director

Vintage Mickey (2005)

Director

Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2 (1994)

Animation

Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1 (1994)

Animation

The Dating Game (1991)

Thanks

The Birds (1963)

Visual Effects

The Parent Trap (1961)

Visual Effects

Jungle Cat (1960)

Special Props

Perri (1957)

Special Effects

Tricks of Our Trade (1957)

Visual Effects

Samoa (1956)

Visual Effects

Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956)

Special Effects

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956)

Visual Effects

Sardinia (1956)

Visual Effects

Man and the Moon (1955)

Visual Effects

Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Visual Effects

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress (1955)

Visual Effects

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Visual Effects

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter (1954)

Animation Director

The Donald Duck Story (1954)

Visual Effects

The Disneyland Story (1954)

Visual Effects

Peter Pan (1953)

Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Visual Effects

Cinderella (1950)

Visual Effects

Song of the South (1946)

Visual Effects

Carnival Courage (1945)

Director

Stop That Tank! (1942)

Director

Wise Owl (1940)

Director

Baby Checkers (1940)

Director

Beauty Shoppe (1940)

Director

Ye Olde Swap Shoppe (1940)

Director

The Egg Hunt (1940)

Director

Blackboard Revue (1940)

Director

A Busy Day (1940)

Director

Crop Chasers (1939)

Director

Nell's Yells (1939)

Director

The Gorilla Hunt (1939)

Director

Midnight Frolics (1938)

Director

The Frog Pond (1938)

Director

Snowtime (1938)

Director

The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round (1938)

Director

Scrappy's Trip To Mars (1938)

Director

Porky's Super Service (1937)

Director

Foxy Pup (1937)

Director

Porky and Gabby (1937)

Director

Merry Mannequins (1937)

Director

Skeleton Frolic (1937)

Director

Two Lazy Crows (1936)

Director

Happy Days (1936)

Director

Little Boy Blue (1936)

Director

Dick Whittington's Cat (1936)

Director

Tom Thumb (1936)

Director

Ali Baba (1936)

Director

Humpty Dumpty (1935)

Director

Simple Simon (1935)

Director

See How They Won (1935)

Director

Balloon Land (1935)

Director

The Three Bears (1935)

Director

Sinbad the Sailor (1935)

Director

Summertime (1935)

Director

Mary's Little Lamb (1935)

Director

The Microbe Army (1935)

Director

Old Mother Hubbard (1935)

Director

The Brementown Musicians (1935)

Director

Little Black Sambo (1935)

Director

Jack Frost (1934)

Director

Don Quixote (1934)

Director

The King's Tailor (1934)

Director

The Headless Horseman (1934)

Director

Viva Willie (1934)

Director

The Good Scout (1934)

Director

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934)

Director

Jungle Jitters (1934)

Director

The Cave Man (1934)

Director

The Queen of Hearts (1934)

Director

Rasslin' Round (1934)

Director

Reducing Creme (1934)

Director

Puss in Boots (1934)

Director

Insultin' the Sultan (1934)

Director

The Brave Tin Soldier (1934)

Director

The Little Red Hen (1934)

Director

Robin Hood, Jr. (1934)

Director

Davy Jones' Locker (1934)

Director

Hell's Fire (1934)

Director

Jack and the Beanstalk (1933)

Director

Stratos Fear (1933)

Director

Spite Flight (1933)

Director

Soda Squirt (1933)

Director

Play Ball (1933)

Director

Pale-Face (1933)

Director

Chinaman's Chance (1933)

Director

Techno-Cracked (1933)

Director

The Air Race (1933)

Director

Flip's Lunch Room (1933)

Director

Bulloney (1933)

Director

Coo Coo the Magician (1933)

Director

Funny Face (1932)

Director

Nurse Maid (1932)

Director

The Music Lesson (1932)

Director

The Pony Express (1932)

Director

The Goal Rush (1932)

Director

Circus (1932)

Director

Room Runners (1932)

Director

The Office Boy (1932)

Director

The Bully (1932)

Director

School Days (1932)

Director

Puppy Love (1932)

Animation

What a Life (1932)

Director

Fire! Fire! (1932)

Animation

The Milkman (1932)

Animation

Mickey's sleepless night (1931)

Animation

Spooks (1931)

Animation

Africa Squeaks (1931)

Animation

Jail Birds (1931)

Animation

The Village Specialist (1931)

Animation

Movie Mad (1931)

Animation

Stormy Seas (1931)

Animation

The New Car (1931)

Animation

Ragtime Romeo (1931)

Animation

Laughing Gas (1931)

Animation

The Village Smitty (1931)

Animation

The Soup Song (1931)

Animation

Little Orphan Willie (1930)

Animation

The Cuckoo Murder Case (1930)

Animation

The Village Barber (1930)

Animation

Flying Fists (1930)

Director

Fiddlesticks (1930)

Animation

Autumn (1930)

Animation

Puddle Pranks (1930)

Animation

Summer (1930)

Animation

The Merry Dwarfs (1929)

Animation

Hell's Bells (1929)

Animation

Springtime (1929)

Animation

Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929)

Animation

El Terrible Toreador (1929)

Animation

The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Animation

The Karnival Kid (1929)

Director

The Barnyard Battle (1929)

Animation

The Opry House (1929)

Director

Plane Crazy (1929)

Animation

The Barn Dance (1929)

Animation

The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)

Animation

Poor Papa (1928)

Animation

Steamboat Willie (1928)

Animation

Hungry Hoboes (1928)

Cinematography

Ozzie of the Mounted (1928)

Animation

Ride 'Em Plow Boy (1928)

Animation

Sagebrush Sadie (1928)

Animation

Rival Romeos (1928)

Animation

Africa Before Dark (1928)

Animation

Rickety Gin (1927)

Animation

Empty Socks (1927)

Director

The Banker's Daughter (1927)

Animation

The Ocean Hop (1927)

Animation

All Wet (1927)

Animation

Great Guns (1927)

Animation

The Mechanical Cow (1927)

Animation

Oh, Teacher! (1927)

Animation

Trolley Troubles (1927)

Animation

Alice in the Big League (1927)

Animation

Alice the Beach Nut (1927)

Animation

Alice's Medicine Show (1927)

Animation

Alice in the Klondike (1927)

Animation

Alice's Channel Swim (1927)

Animation

Alice's Picnic (1927)

Animation

Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927)

Animation

Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927)

Animation

Alice's Auto Race (1927)

Animation

Alice in the Alps (1927)

Animation

Alice the Collegiate (1927)

Animation

Alice at the Rodeo (1927)

Animation

Alice at the Carnival (1927)

Animation

Alice Foils the Pirates (1927)

Animation

Alice the Golf Bug (1927)

Animation

Alice the Lumberjack (1926)

Animation

Alice's Brown Derby (1926)

Animation

Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926)

Animation

Alice Cuts the Ice (1926)

Animation

Alice the Fire Fighter (1926)

Animation

Alice Charms the Fish (1926)

Animation

Alice Plays Cupid (1925)

Animation

Alice Wins the Derby (1925)

Animation

Alice Gets Stung (1925)

Animation

Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925)

Animation

Alice the Piper (1924)

Animation

Alice Hunting in Africa (1924)

Animation

Alice's Fishy Story (1924)

Animation

Alice's Day at Sea (1924)

Animation

Alice's Wonderland (1923)

Animation

Tommy Tucker's Tooth (1922)

Animation

Little Red Riding Hood (1922)

Animation

Newman Laugh-O-Grams (1921)

Producer

Movies starring Ub Iwerks (2)

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022)

Self (Archive Footage)

Alice's Wonderland (1923)

Self

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