Who Was Ub Iwerks?
Jim explores the story of the animator who played such a large part in Walt's life
I recently added to my personal library a copy of Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks by his son Don Iwerks.
Today, the name of Ub Iwerks is fairly well known to most Disney fans but there was a time when he was at best just a small footnote in most histories of the Disney Studio. Even today, some people are unclear about his many significant contributions to the Walt Disney Company.
Ub Iwerks finally got some wider recognition in the book The Hand Behind the Mouse: An Intimate Biography by John Kenworthy and Iwerks' granddaughter, Leslie.
It is the perfect companion to Leslie Iwerks' critically acclaimed 90-minute film documentary, The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story.
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Persons
Jim Korkis (author)Ub Iwerks (subject)
Les Clark (reference)
Shamus Culhane (reference)
Elias Disney (reference)
Roy E. Disney (reference)
Roy O. Disney (reference)
Walt Disney (reference)
Don Iwerks (reference)
Leslie Iwerks (reference)
Grim Natwick (reference)
Ben Sharpsteen (reference)
Dave Smith (reference)
Carl Stalling (reference)
Keywords
20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1954)Alice Comedies
Animation
Books
Disneyland
Documentary
Hall Of Presidents
Haunted Mansion
It's a Small World
Kansas City
Laugh-O-Gram
Mary Poppins (1964)
Multiplane camera
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Pirates of the Caribbean
Research
Silly Symphonies
Special Effects
The Three Caballeros (1944)
The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Archives
Walt Disney Studios
Walt Disney World