Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-03-24

Deathday

1971-07-07 (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

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

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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Mar 19, 2022

6.0%

Alice's Wonderland

Jan 1, 1923

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Acting

2022

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse as Self (archive footage)

1923

Alice's Wonderland as Self

Art

1960

Jungle Cat as Special Props

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

Crew

1991

The Dating Game as Thanks

1957		The Navajos: Children of the Gods as Special Effects
1957		Perri as Special Effects

1956

Westward Ho, The Wagons! as Special Effects

1928

Hungry Hoboes as Cinematography

1923

Alice's Wonderland as Cinematography

Directing

2023

Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1) as Director

2018

Celebrating Mickey as Director

2007

Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past as Director

2005

Vintage Mickey as Director

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 as Director

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

1945

Carnival Courage as Director

1942

Stop That Tank! as Director

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

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

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

1937		Porky's Super Service as Director
1937		Foxy Pup as Director
1937		Porky and Gabby as Director
1937		Merry Mannequins as Director
1937		Skeleton Frolic as Director

1936		Happy Days as Director
1936		Little Boy Blue as Director
1936		Dick Whittington's Cat as Director
1936		Tom Thumb as Director
1936		Ali Baba as Director

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1927		Empty Socks as Director
1927		All Wet as Director

Production

1940

A Busy Day as Producer

1939

Crop Chasers as Producer

1936

Happy Days as Producer

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

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

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

1931

Spooks as Producer

1930

Flying Fists as Producer

1921

Newman Laugh-O-Grams as Producer

Visual Effects

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

1963

The Birds as Visual Effects

1961

The Parent Trap as Visual Effects

1957

Tricks of Our Trade as Visual Effects

1956		Samoa as Visual Effects
1956		The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure as Visual Effects
1956		Sardinia as Visual Effects

1955

Lady and the Tramp as Visual Effects

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

1953

Peter Pan as Visual Effects

1951

Alice in Wonderland as Visual Effects

1950

Cinderella as Visual Effects

1946

Song of the South as Visual Effects

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

1930		Autumn as Animation
1930		Summer as Animation

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

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

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

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

1925		Alice Plays Cupid as Animation
1925		Alice Wins the Derby as Animation
1925		Alice Cans the Cannibals as Animation

1924		Alice the Piper as Animation
1924		Alice Hunting in Africa as Animation
1924		Alice's Fishy Story as Animation
1924		Alice's Day at Sea as Animation

1923

Alice's Wonderland as Animation

1922

Tommy Tucker's Tooth as Animation

Writing

1940		Baby Checkers as Writer
1940		Ye Olde Swap Shoppe as Story
1940		The Egg Hunt as Story
1940		A Busy Day as Writer

1939		Crop Chasers as Writer
1939		The Gorilla Hunt as Story

1938

Snowtime as Writer

1928

Steamboat Willie as Writer