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."
Advertisement
Filmography
all 200
Movies 200
Director 136
self 2
Producer 1
Director
Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1) (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022)
Movie
Director
Celebrating Mickey (2018)
Movie
Director
Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past (2007)
Movie
Self
From Kansas City to Hollywood (2005)
Movie
Director
Vintage Mickey (2005)
Movie
Director
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
Movie
Director / Animation
Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1 (1994)
Movie
Director / Animation
Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2 (1994)
Movie
Thanks
The Dating Game (1991)
Movie
Visual Effects
The Parent Trap (1961)
Movie
5.07
Special Props
Jungle Cat (1960)
Movie
Special Effects
Perri (1957)
Movie
Visual Effects
Tricks of Our Trade (1957)
Movie
Visual Effects
Samoa (1956)
Movie
Special Effects
Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956)
Movie
6
Visual Effects
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Movie
7.62
Visual Effects
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Movie
5.57
Animation Director
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter (1954)
Movie
Visual Effects
The Donald Duck Story (1954)
Movie
Visual Effects
The Disneyland Story (1954)
Movie
Visual Effects
Peter Pan (1953)
Movie
6.53
Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Movie
5.96
Visual Effects
Cinderella (1950)
Movie
6.36
Visual Effects
Song of the South (1946)
Movie
6
Director
Carnival Courage (1945)
Movie
Director
All Together (1942)
Movie
Director
Stop that Tank! (1942)
Movie
Director
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Movie
8
Director
The Carpenters (1941)
Movie
Director
Wise Owl (1940)
Movie
Director
Beauty Shoppe (1940)
Movie
Director
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe (1940)
Movie
Director
The Egg Hunt (1940)
Movie
Director
Blackboard Revue (1940)
Movie
Director
A Busy Day (1940)
Movie
Director
Crop Chasers (1939)
Movie
Director
Nell's Yells (1939)
Movie
Director
The Gorilla Hunt (1939)
Movie
Director
Midnight Frolics (1938)
Movie
Director
The Frog Pond (1938)
Movie
Director / Writer
Snowtime (1938)
Movie
10
Director
The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round (1938)
Movie
Director
Scrappy's Trip To Mars (1938)
Movie
Director
Porky's Badtime Story (1937)
Movie
Director
Porky's Super Service (1937)
Movie
5
Director
Foxy Pup (1937)
Movie
Director
Porky and Gabby (1937)
Movie
Director
Merry Mannequins (1937)
Movie
Director
Skeleton Frolics (1937)
Movie
Director
Two Lazy Crows (1936)
Movie
Director
Happy Days (1936)
Movie
Director
Little Boy Blue (1936)
Movie
Director
Dick Whittington's Cat (1936)
Movie
Director
Tom Thumb (1936)
Movie
Director
Ali Baba (1936)
Movie
Director
Humpty Dumpty (1935)
Movie
Director
Simple Simon (1935)
Movie
Director
See How They Won (1935)
Movie
Director
Balloon Land (1935)
Movie
Director
The Three Bears (1935)
Movie
Director
Sinbad the Sailor (1935)
Movie
Director
Summertime (1935)
Movie
Director
Mary's Little Lamb (1935)
Movie
Director
The Microbe Army (1935)
Movie
Director
Old Mother Hubbard (1935)
Movie
Director
The Brementown Musicians (1935)
Movie
Director
Little Black Sambo (1935)
Movie
Director
Jack Frost (1934)
Movie
Director
Don Quixote (1934)
Movie
Director
The King's Tailor (1934)
Movie
Director
The Headless Horseman (1934)
Movie
Director
Viva Willie (1934)
Movie
Director
The Good Scout (1934)
Movie
Director
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934)
Movie
Director
Jungle Jitters (1934)
Movie
Director
Cave Man (1934)
Movie
Director
The Queen of Hearts (1934)
Movie
Director
Rasslin' Round (1934)
Movie
Director
Reducing Creme (1934)
Movie
Director
Puss in Boots (1934)
Movie
Director
Insultin' the Sultan (1934)
Movie
Director
The Brave Tin Soldier (1934)
Movie
Director
The Little Red Hen (1934)
Movie
Director
Robin Hood, Jr. (1934)
Movie
Director
Davy Jones' Locker (1934)
Movie
Director
Hell's Fire (1934)
Movie
Director
Jack and the Beanstalk (1933)
Movie
Director
Stratos Fear (1933)
Movie
Director
Spite Flight (1933)
Movie
Director
Soda Squirt (1933)
Movie
Director
Play Ball (1933)
Movie
Director
Pale-Face (1933)
Movie
Director
Chinaman's Chance (1933)
Movie
Director
Techno-Cracked (1933)
Movie
Director
The Air Race (1933)
Movie
Director
Flip's Lunch Room (1933)
Movie
Director
Bulloney (1933)
Movie
Director
Coo Coo the Magician (1933)
Movie
Director
Funny Face (1932)
Movie
Director
Nurse Maid (1932)
Movie
Director
The Music Lesson (1932)
Movie
Director
Phoney Express (1932)
Movie
Director
The Goal Rush (1932)
Movie
Director
Circus (1932)
Movie
Director
Room Runners (1932)
Movie
Director
The Office Boy (1932)
Movie
Director
The Bully (1932)
Movie
Director
School Days (1932)
Movie
Director
Puppy Love (1932)
Movie
Director
What a Life (1932)
Movie
Director
Fire! Fire! (1932)
Movie
Director
The Milkman (1932)
Movie
Animation
Mickey's sleepless night (1931)
Movie
Director
Spooks (1931)
Movie
Director
Africa Squeaks (1931)
Movie
Director
Jail Birds (1931)
Movie
Director
The Village Specialist (1931)
Movie
Director
Movie Mad (1931)
Movie
Director
Stormy Seas (1931)
Movie
Director
The New Car (1931)
Movie
Director
Ragtime Romeo (1931)
Movie
Director
Laughing Gas (1931)
Movie
Director
The Soup Song (1931)
Movie
Director
The Village Smitty (1931)
Movie
Director
Little Orphan Willie (1930)
Movie
Director
The Cuckoo Murder Case (1930)
Movie
Director
The Village Barber (1930)
Movie
Director
Flying Fists (1930)
Movie
Director
Fiddlesticks (1930)
Movie
Director
Arctic Antics (1930)
Movie
Director
Autumn (1930)
Movie
Director
Minnie's Yoo Hoo (1930)
Movie
Director
Puddle Pranks (1930)
Movie
Director
Summer (1930)
Movie
Animation
The Merry Dwarfs (1929)
Movie
Director
Hell's Bells (1929)
Movie
Director / Animation
Springtime (1929)
Movie
Director
The Jazz Fool (1929)
Movie
Director
Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929)
Movie
Animation / Layout / Background Designer
El Terrible Toreador (1929)
Movie
Animation / Layout / Background Designer
The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Movie
Director
Mickey's Follies (1929)
Movie
Director
Wild Waves (1929)
Movie
Director
The Karnival Kid (1929)
Movie
Director
The Barnyard Battle (1929)
Movie
Director
The Opry House (1929)
Movie
Director
Plane Crazy (1929)
Movie
Animation
The Barn Dance (1929)
Movie
Director
The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)
Movie
Director
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Movie
5
Animation
Poor Papa (1928)
Movie
Director
Sleigh Bells (1928)
Movie
Director
Sky Scrappers (1928)
Movie
Director
Oh, What a Knight (1928)
Movie
Cinematography
Hungry Hoboes (1928)
Movie
Animation
Ozzie of the Mounted (1928)
Movie
Animation
Ride 'Em Plow Boy (1928)
Movie
Animation
Sagebrush Sadie (1928)
Movie
Animation
Rival Romeos (1928)
Movie
Director
Africa Before Dark (1928)
Movie
Editor
Neck 'n' Neck (1928)
Movie
Animation
Rickety Gin (1927)
Movie
Director
Empty Socks (1927)
Movie
Animation
The Banker's Daughter (1927)
Movie
Director
The Ocean Hop (1927)
Movie
Director
All Wet (1927)
Movie
Animation
Great Guns (1927)
Movie
Animation
The Mechanical Cow (1927)
Movie
Animation
Oh, Teacher! (1927)
Movie
Animation
Trolley Troubles (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice in the Big League (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice the Beach Nut (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Medicine Show (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice in the Klondike (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Channel Swim (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Picnic (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Auto Race (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice in the Alps (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice the Collegiate (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice at the Rodeo (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice at the Carnival (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice Foils the Pirates (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice the Golf Bug (1927)
Movie
Animation
Alice the Lumberjack (1926)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Brown Derby (1926)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926)
Movie
Animation
Alice Cuts the Ice (1926)
Movie
Animation
Alice the Fire Fighter (1926)
Movie
Animation
Alice Charms the Fish (1926)
Movie
Animation
Alice Plays Cupid (1925)
Movie
Animation
Alice Wins the Derby (1925)
Movie
Animation
Alice the Piper (1924)
Movie
Animation
Alice Hunting in Africa (1924)
Movie
Animation
Alice's Day at Sea (1924)
Movie
Cinematographer
Alice's Wonderland (1923)
Movie
Animation
Tommy Tucker's Tooth (1922)
Movie
Producer
Newman Laugh-O-Grams (1921)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.96
Based on 781 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1921
1928
1932
1929
2023
Advertisement
Gallery
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1901-03-24
Deathday1971-07-07 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceKansas City, Missouri, United States of America
ChildrenDon Iwerks
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsU. B. Iwerk, Ubbe Ert Iwwerks, 'Ub' Iwerks, U.B. Iwerks, Ub. Iwerks, Ubbe Iwerks
AwardsDisney Legends, hall of fame, Academy Award for Technical Achievement, Academy Award of Merit, Winsor McCay Award
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Advertisement
- Ub Iwerks
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons