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Animator who collaborated intermittently with Walt Disney after the pair met in 1919 while working in a Chicago art studio. Iwerks received on-screen credit ("drawn by") for early Disney cartoons and was instrumental in creating Mickey Mouse. He also supervised the special effects for Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963).
Animator who collaborated intermittently with Walt Disney after the pair met in 1919 while working in a Chicago art studio. Iwerks received on-screen credit ("drawn by") for early Disney cartoons and was instrumental in creating Mickey Mouse. He also supervised the special effects for Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963).
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DIRECTOR:
1.
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941) Cartoon seq dir
2.
Dick Whittington's Cat
(1941)
3.
Mickey's Follies
(1929) Director
4.
Jazz Fool, The
(1929) Director
5.
Skeleton Dance, The
(1929) Director
6.
Plow Boy, The
(1929) Director
7.
Karnival Kid, The
(1929) Director
8.
Springtime
(1929) Director
9.
Jungle Rhythm
(1929) Director
10.
Terrible Toreador, El
(1929) Director
CAST: (feature film)
1.
Plane Crazy (1928) Animator
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1914:
Left grammar school and went to work in a bank
1919:
Met Walt Disney while working for a commercial art firm
1920:
Formed Iwerks-Disney Studio, a freelance operation which folded after one month
1928:
Designed the original Mickey Mouse (then Mortimer Mouse) in "Steamboat Willie"
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