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 A publicity photograph (circa 1929) of Ub Iwerks and his most famous co-creation, Mickey Mouse. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. |
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| Born | Ubbe Ert Iwwerks March 24, 1901 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Died | July 7, 1971 (aged 70) Burbank, California |
Ub Iwerks, A. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. S. C. (Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) (24 March 1901 – 7 July 1971) was a two-time Academy Award winning American animator, cartoonist and special effects technician, who was famous for his work for Walt Disney. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An animator is an Artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called Animation when rapidly displayed A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages
His name is explained by his East Frisian roots; his father, Eert Ubbe Iwwerks, emigrated to the USA in 1869 from the village Uttum in East Frisia (northwest Netherlands). East Frisia or Eastern Friesland ( Low Saxon: Oostfreesland, German Ostfriesland) is a coastal region in the northwest of the The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Ub's birth name can be seen on early “Alice” shorts that he signed. The "Alice Comedies" are a series of Animated cartoons created by Walt Disney in the 1920s in which Several years later he simplified his name to “Ub Iwerks”.
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Career
Iwerks was considered by many to be Walt Disney's oldest friend, and spent most of his career with Disney. He was responsible for the distinctive style of the earliest Disney animated cartoons. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer In 1922, when Walt began his Laugh-O-Gram cartoon series, Iwerks joined him as chief animator. Laugh-O-Gram Studio was a Film studio located on the second floor of the McConahay Building at 1127 East 31st in Kansas City Missouri. The studio went bankrupt, however, and in 1923 Iwerks followed Disney's move to Los Angeles to work on a new series of cartoons known as “the Alice Comedies”. The "Alice Comedies" are a series of Animated cartoons created by Walt Disney in the 1920s in which After the end of this series, Disney asked Iwerks to come up with a new character. The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was animated entirely by Ub Iwerks. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is an Anthropomorphic Rabbit Animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for films Following the first cartoon, Oswald was redesigned on the insistence of Universal, who agreed to distribute the new series of cartoons in 1927.
In the spring of 1928, Disney lost control of the Oswald character, and much of his staff was hired away. Disney asked Ub Iwerks, who stayed on, to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of frogs, dogs, and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were created at this time by Iwerks, but were also rejected. They would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. Clarabelle Cow is a Fictional character created by Ub Iwerks in 1928 for Walt Disney. Horace Horsecollar is a Funny animal Cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. [1] Ub Iwerks eventually got inspiration from an old drawing. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. Hugh Harman ( August 31, 1903 &ndash November 25, 1982) and Rudolf "Rudy" Ising ( August 7, 1903 &ndash These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney, eventually called Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. [2] Thus, in a very real sense, Iwerks can be called the true creator of Mickey Mouse because Iwerks, and not Disney, originated the character. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company.
The first few Mickey Mouse cartoons were animated almost entirely by Iwerks. Walt Disney understood the value of Ub so much that Ub made twice what Walt was making. Walt would make $75. 00 a week and Ub would make $150. 00 a week. Eventually, however, Iwerks and Disney had a falling out, and their friendship was severed when Iwerks accepted a contract with a competitor to leave Disney and start an animation studio under his own name.
The Iwerks Studio opened in 1930. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Financial backers led by Pat Powers suspected that Iwerks was responsible for much of Disney's early success. Patrick Anthony Powers ( 8 October 1870 - 30 July 1948) was an Irish-American Businessman, involved in the Animation However, while animation for a time suffered at Disney from Iwerks' departure, it soon rebounded as Disney brought in talented new young animators.
Despite a contract with MGM to distribute his cartoons, and the introduction of a new character named “Flip the Frog”, and later “Willie Whopper”, the Iwerks Studio was never a major commercial success and failed to rival either Disney or Fleischer Studios. Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist Ub Iwerks. Willie Whopper is an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist Ub Iwerks. Fleischer Studios Inc is an American corporation which originated as an Animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City New York. From 1933 to 1936 he produced a series of shorts in Cinecolor, named ComiColor Cartoons. Cinecolor was an early Subtractive color -model two color Film process based upon the Prizma system of the 1910s and 1920s and the Multicolor The ComiColor Cartoon series was a series of 25 Animated Short subjects produced by the Ub Iwerks studio from 1933 to 1936 Backers withdrew further financial support from Iwerks Studio in 1936, and it folded soon after. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In 1937, Leon Schlesinger Productions contracted Iwerks to produce four Looney Tunes shorts starring Porky Pig and Gabby Goat. Warner Bros Cartoons Inc was the Animation division of Warner Bros Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros Gabby Goat is an animated Cartoon character in the Warner Bros Iwerks directed the first two shorts, while former Schlesinger animator Robert Clampett was promoted to director and helmed the other two shorts before he and his unit returned to the main Schlesinger lot. Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett ( May 8 1913 &mdash May 4 1984) was an American Animator, producer Iwerks then did contract work for Screen Gems (then Columbia Pictures' cartoon division) before returning to work for Disney in 1940. Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment 's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (The cartoons created by Iwerks' own studio remained largely unseen for many decades, but have been released to DVD by Image Entertainment on their series titled Cartoons That Time Forgot. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Image Entertainment Inc. is a leading independent licensee producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America with approximately 3000 exclusive DVD )
After his return to the Disney studio, Iwerks mainly worked on developing special visual effects. He is credited as developing the processes for combining live action and animation used in Song of the South (1946), as well as the xerographic process adapted for cel animation. Song of the South is a feature film produced by Walt Disney, released on November 12, 1946, by RKO Radio Pictures and based on the The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U He also worked at WED Enterprises, now Walt Disney Imagineering, helping to develop many Disney theme park attractions during the 1960s. Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED Walter Elias Disney to The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Iwerks did special effects work outside the studio as well, including his Academy Award nominated achievement for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 The Birds ( 1963) is a Horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the Short story of the same name by The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr
Iwerks' most famous work outside creating and animating Mickey Mouse was Flip the Frog for his own studio. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist Ub Iwerks. The Flip The Frog cartoons are much admired by fans of classic animation, and have now acquired a cult following.
Iwerks was known for his fast work at drawing and animation and his wacky sense of humor. Animator Chuck Jones, who worked for Iwerks' studio in his youth, said “Iwerks is Screwy spelled backwards. Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 &ndash February 22, 2002) was an American Animator, ” Ub Iwerks died in 1971 of a heart attack in Burbank, California, aged 70. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States.
A documentary film, The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story was released in 1999, followed by a book written by Leslie Iwerks and John Kenworthy in 2001. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The documentary, created by Iwerks' granddaughter Leslie Iwerks, was released as part of The Walt Disney Treasures, Wave VII series. The seventh wave of Walt Disney Treasures was released on December 11, 2007.
Influence and homages
A rare self portrait of Iwerks was found in the trash at an animation studio in Burbank. The portrait was saved and is now part of the Animation Archives in Burbank, California. ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA, which is a branch member of the Association Internationale du Film d'Animation
After World War Two, much of Iwerks' early animation style would be imitated by legendary Anime artists Osamu Tezuka and Shōtarō Ishinomori. (anime in Japanese, was a Japanese manga artist, Animator, producer and Medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine was an influential figure in Manga, Anime and Tokusatsu who created several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and
Iwerks Entertainment, a filmographic company, was founded in 1985 in honor of Ub Iwerks. Iwerks Entertainment was founded in 1985 by Stan Kinsey and Don Iwerks, two former Disney Executives and became well known through 1996 as a leading
The 1986 DC Comics character Dr. Ub'x was named in his honor. Doctor Ub'x is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared disguised as the villain Polestar in Green Lantern Corps #201 (June 1986
In the The Ren and Stimpy Show episode Superstitious Stimpy, Stimpy is chanting in garbled talk and mentions Ub Iwerks. The Ren and Stimpy Show is an American / Canadian animated television series created by Canadian Animator John This is a list of episodes of the animated series The Ren and Stimpy Show.
In the 1996 The Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died," a relationship similar to Iwerks' early relationship with Walt Disney is used as the main plot. " The Day the Violence Died " is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons ' seventh season, which originally aired March Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter
In the 2005 Fairly OddParents episode "The Good Ol'Days", Timmy and his Grandpa Pappy, are transported to an early Disney-style cartoon. In it, two street signs that intersect are the streets of Ube and Iwerks.
Bibliography
- Leslie Iwerks and John Kenworthy, The Hand Behind the Mouse (Disney Editions, 2001) and documentary of the same name (DVD, 1999)
- Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Penguin Books, 1987)
- Jeff Lenburg, The Great Cartoon Directors (Da Capo Press, 1993)
References
See also
| The Ub Iwerks Studio (1930–1936) | |
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| Flip the Frog | Willie Whopper | ComiColor Cartoons |
External links
- Ub Iwerks at the INDUCKS
- Ub Iwerks at the Internet Movie Database
- Disney Legends
- Ub Iwerks at Find A Grave
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