Ubbe Eert Iwerks (UB Iwerks),
Born March 24, 1901 - Died July 7, 1971.
Iwerks was a young starting animator, who actually was good friends with the well known animator Disney, he was the first animator to follow Disney to his success and help to create the beginning characters that are well known by everyone in the Disney company and around the world, such as Mickey Mouse. He was also responsible for the creation of other characters such as Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow, who were rejected by Disney himself when presented to him.
Horace Horsecollar;
Clarabelle Cow;
Iwerks worked in an commercial ad company alongside Disney for sometime, until Disney had a falling out with the company which led him to leave and move to L.A in hopes of becoming successful with his own business, Iwerks followed him along the way, presenting sketch character designs which alternatively got rejected often by Disney.
After a lengthy time spent with Disney, Iwerks felt like he was being mistreated by him, and not credited enough for drawing majority of Disney's greatest animated characters. He couldn't live under the harsh command that Walt Disney had now and so left, accepting a business opportunity from Disney's rival known as Pat Powers. This decision in the end cut off his business partnership and friendship with Walt Disney. And for some time Walt Disney and his business suffered harshly with the loss of Iwerks, but in the end started to pick up when he hired a bunch of young animators to work for him.
Iwerks however didn't seem to achieve such fortune with his business opportunity as a lot of his short animated comedies/series/films went unnoticed and never really got recognised, he was responsible for many creations but they never really drew the public eye.
Iwerks died at the age of 70 in 1971 of a heart attack in Burbank, California.
Picture of Ubb Eert Iwerks.
Walt Elias Disney (Walt Disney)
Born December 5, 1901 - Died December 15, 1966.
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