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Ubbe Ert Iwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (/ ˈ ʌ b ˈ aɪ w ɜːr k s / UB EYE-wurks), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios in general, and for having worked on the development of the design of the character of Mickey Mouse, among others.
Iwerks Entertainment has received two Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Scientific and Technical Achievement.. The first occurred in 1998 at the 70th Academy Awards show, where founder Don Iwerks was awarded the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, given each year to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to ...
Laugh-O-Gram Studio. The Laugh-O-Gram Studio (also called Laugh-O-Gram Studios) was an animation studio located on the second floor of the McConahay Building at 1127 East 31st in Kansas City, Missouri, that operated from June 28, 1921, to October 16, 1923. In the early years of animation, the studio was home to many of the pioneers of animation ...
The Willie Whopper series was the second from the Iwerks Studio. 14 shorts were produced 1933 to 1934. Willie is a young lad who tells of his many outlandish adventures, which are then depicted on-screen. His fantastic accounts are, in fact, outright lies or "whoppe
Ub Iwerks. Donald Warren Iwerks (/ ˈaɪwɜːrks /; born July 24, 1929) is an American former Disney executive and co-founder of Iwerks Entertainment along with former Disney executive Stan Kinsey. He is the son of the animator Ub Iwerks (Walt Disney 's original business partner and co-creator of Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) and ...
Mildred Natwick (first cousin) Awards. Inkpot Award (1978) [3] Signature. Myron " Grim " Natwick (né Nordveig; August 16, 1890 – October 7, 1990) [1] was an American artist, animator, and film director. Natwick is best known for drawing the Fleischer Studios ' most popular character, Betty Boop.
Author Andrew J. Graff grew up in Niagara in Marinette County and is a 2009 graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton. "True North" is his second novel set in the Wisconsin Northwoods.
The Barn Dance. Walt Disney. Ub Iwerks. March 14. "Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two". First Disney short distributed by Columbia Pictures, excluding Plane Crazy. Plane Crazy. March 17. "Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White" and "Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit".