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Ub Iwerks: Master of Animation and Technology
Posted on Fri, 03/24/2017 - 08:54
Roy O. Disney once said, “Ub managed to solve a lot of problems for us.”
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. He was as necessary to the beginning of Walt’s career as he was to the end. He left The Walt Disney Studios at a critical juncture to pursue his own career, but eventually found his way back to the company he had once animated into success to engineer it to new heights.
Ubbe Iwwerks was born on March 24, 1901 in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1919, while working at the Pesmen-Rubin Commercial Art Studio, he met a young, ambitious artist who had just returned from World War I service in France with a knack for showmanship and a bold, entrepreneurial spirit. This artist’s name was Walt Disney. The two became fast friends and complemented each other’s skills well, as Walt would later recall, “He was very good at lettering and I did layouts…in pencil
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Ub Iwerks
American animator and special effects pioneer (1901–1971)
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Iwerks animating his most famous co-creation, Mickey Mousec. 1929 | |
| Born | Ubbe Ert Iwerks (1901-03-24)March 24, 1901 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1971(1971-07-07) (aged 70) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery |
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| Years active | 1919–1971[1] |
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| Spouse | Mildred Sarah Henderson (m. 1927–1971) |
| Children | 2, including Don Iwerks |
| Relatives | Leslie Iwerks (granddaughter) |
Ubbe Ert Iwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (UBEYE-wurks), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effectstechnician, known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios in general, and for having worked on the development of the design of the char
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Ub Iwerks
Ub Iwerks was known at Disney for his animation genius and technical wizardry—as well as his unusual name. In February 1929, Walt Disney and his New York distributors were extremely pleased with Ub’s animation on the Mickey Mouse cartoons, about which Walt wrote a letter to his wife, Lilly: “Everyone praises Ubb’s artwork and jokes at his funny name,” he wrote. “The oddness of Ubb’s name is an asset—it makes people look twice when they see it. Tell Ubb that the New York animators take off their hats to his animation…”
Ubbe Eert Iwwerks was born to German-American parents on March 24, 1901, in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1919, he met fellow employee Walt Disney at the Pesmen-Rubin Commercial Art Studio. Both were 19 years old when, after being laid off, they decided to open their own business. Called Iwerks-Disney Studio Commercial Artists (“Disney-Iwerks,” they decided, sounded too much like an eyeglass manufacturer), the enterprise lasted only a month before they both accepted jobs at the Kansas Ci
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