Directing · b. 1901 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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.

Directed
Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1) 2023 Celebrating Mickey 2018 Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past 2007 Vintage Mickey 2005 Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1 1994 Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2 1994 Carnival Courage 1945 Stop That Tank! 1942 A Busy Day 1940 Beauty Shoppe 1940 The Egg Hunt 1940 Ye Olde Swap Shoppe 1940 Blackboard Revue 1940 Wise Owl 1940 Baby Checkers 1940 Nell's Yells 1939 The Gorilla Hunt 1939 Crop Chasers 1939 Midnight Frolics 1938 The Frog Pond 1938 The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round 1938 Scrappy's Trip To Mars 1938 Snowtime 1938 Skeleton Frolic 1937 Porky and Gabby 1937 Porky's Super Service 1937 Merry Mannequins 1937 Foxy Pup 1937 Little Boy Blue 1936 Ali Baba 1936 Happy Days 1936 Tom Thumb 1936 Dick Whittington's Cat 1936 Two Lazy Crows 1936 See How They Won 1935 Balloon Land 1935 Summertime 1935 Mary's Little Lamb 1935 Old Mother Hubbard 1935 The Microbe Army 1935 Simple Simon 1935 The Brementown Musicians 1935 Little Black Sambo 1935 The Three Bears 1935 Sinbad the Sailor 1935 Humpty Dumpty 1935 Jack Frost 1934 The King's Tailor 1934 Insultin' the Sultan 1934 The Good Scout 1934 The Little Red Hen 1934 Viva Willie 1934 Hell's Fire 1934 Don Quixote 1934 Puss in Boots 1934 The Queen of Hearts 1934 Rasslin' Round 1934 The Brave Tin Soldier 1934 The Headless Horseman 1934 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1934 Davy Jones' Locker 1934 The Cave Man 1934 Jungle Jitters 1934 Robin Hood, Jr. 1934 Reducing Creme 1934 Play Ball 1933 Stratos Fear 1933 Jack and the Beanstalk 1933 Chinaman's Chance 1933 Flip's Lunch Room 1933 Pale-Face 1933 Bulloney 1933 Coo Coo the Magician 1933 Spite Flight 1933 The Air Race 1933 Techno-Cracked 1933 Soda Squirt 1933 The Goal Rush 1932 Puppy Love 1932 Nurse Maid 1932 Room Runners 1932 Funny Face 1932 The Milkman 1932 The Music Lesson 1932 The Bully 1932 School Days 1932 The Office Boy 1932 The Pony Express 1932 What a Life 1932 Fire! Fire! 1932 Circus 1932 Stormy Seas 1931 Ragtime Romeo 1931 The Soup Song 1931 Spooks 1931 Africa Squeaks 1931 Movie Mad 1931 Laughing Gas 1931 The Village Specialist 1931 Jail Birds 1931 The Village Smitty 1931 The New Car 1931 Summer 1930 Autumn 1930 The Cuckoo Murder Case 1930 Puddle Pranks 1930 Flying Fists 1930 Little Orphan Willie 1930 Fiddlesticks 1930 The Village Barber 1930 Hell's Bells 1929 The Barnyard Battle 1929 Springtime 1929 The Karnival Kid 1929 Plane Crazy 1929 The Opry House 1929 The Gallopin' Gaucho 1928 Steamboat Willie 1928 All Wet 1927 Empty Socks 1927 The Ocean Hop 1927
Acting
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse Self (archive footage) 2022
Other Credits
Mickey’s Slayhouse Characters 2025 The Dating Game Thanks 1991 The Birds Visual Effects 1963 The Parent Trap Visual Effects 1961 Jungle Cat Special Props 1960 The Navajos: Children of the Gods Special Effects 1957 Perri Special Effects 1957 Tricks of Our Trade Visual Effects 1957 Samoa Visual Effects 1956 Westward Ho, The Wagons! Special Effects 1956 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure Visual Effects 1956 Sardinia Visual Effects 1956 Man and the Moon Visual Effects 1955 Lady and the Tramp Visual Effects 1955 Davy Crockett Goes to Congress Visual Effects 1955 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Visual Effects 1954 Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter Animation Director 1954 The Donald Duck Story Visual Effects 1954 The Disneyland Story Visual Effects 1954 Peter Pan Visual Effects 1953
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