Ub Iwerks

Career Overview

Ub Iwerks has 302 screen credits in a career dating back to 1921. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Alice Comedies with 21 titles. Signature works include All Wet, The Skeleton Dance, Steamboat Willie. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 302
Birth Date: 1901-03-24
Birth Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

Alice Comedies (21 titles)
Davy Crockett Collection (2 titles)
True-Life Adventures Collection (2 titles)
The Birds Collection (1 titles)
The Parent Trap (1 titles)
Lady and the Tramp Collection (1 titles)
Peter Pan (1 titles)
Cinderella (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Walt Disney (4 collaborations)
Carl W. Stalling (1 collaborations)
Clarence Nash (1 collaborations)
Pinto Colvig (1 collaborations)

Credits

visual effects (100 credits)
- Monsters of the Deep
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  2026
- Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1994
- Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1994
- The Birds
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1963
- The Parent Trap
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1961
- Tricks of Our Trade
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1957
- Samoa
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1956
- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1956
- Sardinia
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1956
- Man and the Moon
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1955
- Lady and the Tramp
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1955
- Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1955
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1954
- Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
  animation director
  
  visual effects
  
  1954
- The Donald Duck Story
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1954
- The Disneyland Story
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1954
- Peter Pan
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1953
- Alice in Wonderland
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1951
- Cinderella
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1950
- Song of the South
  visual effects
  
  visual effects
  
  1946
- Puppy Love
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1932
- Fire! Fire!
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1932
- The Milkman
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1932
- Mickey's sleepless night
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Spooks
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Africa Squeaks
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Jail Birds
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- The Village Specialist
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Movie Mad
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Stormy Seas
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- The New Car
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Ragtime Romeo
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Laughing Gas
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- The Soup Song
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- The Village Smitty
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1931
- Little Orphan Willie
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1930
- The Cuckoo Murder Case
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1930
- The Village Barber
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1930
- Fiddlesticks
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1930
- Autumn
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1930
- Puddle Pranks
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1930
- Summer
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1930
- The Merry Dwarfs
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- Hell's Bells
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- Mickey's Choo-Choo
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- El Terrible Toreador
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- The Skeleton Dance
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- The Barnyard Battle
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- Plane Crazy
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- The Barn Dance
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1929
- The Gallopin' Gaucho
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Poor Papa
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Steamboat Willie
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Ozzie of the Mounted
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Ride 'Em Plow Boy
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Sagebrush Sadie
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Rival Romeos
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Africa Before Dark
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1928
- Rickety Gin
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- The Banker's Daughter
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- The Ocean Hop
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- All Wet
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Great Guns
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- The Mechanical Cow
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Oh, Teacher!
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Trolley Troubles
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice in the Big League
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice the Beach Nut
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice's Medicine Show
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice in the Klondike
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice's Channel Swim
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice's Picnic
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice's Three Bad Eggs
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice's Knaughty Knight
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice's Auto Race
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice in the Alps
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice the Collegiate
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice at the Rodeo
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice at the Carnival
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice Foils the Pirates
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice the Golf Bug
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1927
- Alice the Lumberjack
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1926
- Alice's Brown Derby
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1926
- Alice's Spanish Guitar
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1926
- Alice Cuts the Ice
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1926
- Alice the Fire Fighter
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1926
- Alice Charms the Fish
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1926
- Alice Plays Cupid
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1925
- Alice Chops the Suey
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1925
- Alice's Tin Pony
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1925
- Alice Wins the Derby
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1925
- Alice Gets Stung
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1925
- Alice Cans the Cannibals
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1925
- Alice the Piper
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1924
- Alice Hunting in Africa
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1924
- Alice's Fishy Story
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1924
- Alice's Day at Sea
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1924
- Alice's Wonderland
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1923
- Tommy Tucker's Tooth
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1922
- Little Red Riding Hood
  animation
  
  visual effects
  
  1922
writing (31 credits)
- Mickey's Slayhouse
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2025
- Croissant de Triomphe
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2013
- Baby Checkers
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1940
- Ye Olde Swap Shoppe
  story
  
  writing
  
  1940
- The Egg Hunt
  story
  
  writing
  
  1940
- A Busy Day
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1940
- Crop Chasers
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1939
- The Gorilla Hunt
  story
  
  writing
  
  1939
- Snowtime
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- The Bully
  story
  
  writing
  
  1932
- School Days
  story
  
  writing
  
  1932
- Puppy Love
  story
  
  writing
  
  1932
- What a Life
  story
  
  writing
  
  1932
- Fire! Fire!
  story
  
  writing
  
  1932
- The Milkman
  story
  
  writing
  
  1932
- Africa Squeaks
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- Jail Birds
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- The Village Specialist
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- Movie Mad
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- Stormy Seas
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- The New Car
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- Ragtime Romeo
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- Laughing Gas
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- The Soup Song
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- The Village Smitty
  story
  
  writing
  
  1931
- Little Orphan Willie
  story
  
  writing
  
  1930
- The Cuckoo Murder Case
  story
  
  writing
  
  1930
- The Village Barber
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1930
- Fiddlesticks
  story
  
  writing
  
  1930
- Puddle Pranks
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1930
- Steamboat Willie
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1928
directing (123 credits)
- Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1)
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Celebrating Mickey
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Vintage Mickey
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 1
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection Volume 2
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Carnival Courage
  director
  
  directing
  
  1945
- Stop That Tank!
  director
  
  directing
  
  1942
- Wise Owl
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- Beauty Shoppe
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- Baby Checkers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- Ye Olde Swap Shoppe
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- The Egg Hunt
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- Blackboard Revue
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- A Busy Day
  director
  
  directing
  
  1940
- Crop Chasers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- Nell's Yells
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- The Gorilla Hunt
  director
  
  directing
  
  1939
- Midnight Frolics
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- The Frog Pond
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- Snowtime
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- Scrappy's Trip To Mars
  director
  
  directing
  
  1938
- Porky's Super Service
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Foxy Pup
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Porky and Gabby
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Merry Mannequins
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Skeleton Frolic
  director
  
  directing
  
  1937
- Two Lazy Crows
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- Happy Days
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- Little Boy Blue
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- Dick Whittington's Cat
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- Tom Thumb
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- Ali Baba
  director
  
  directing
  
  1936
- Humpty Dumpty
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Simple Simon
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- See How They Won
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Balloon Land
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- The Three Bears
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Sinbad the Sailor
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Summertime
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Mary's Little Lamb
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- The Microbe Army
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Old Mother Hubbard
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- The Brementown Musicians
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Little Black Sambo
  director
  
  directing
  
  1935
- Jack Frost
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Don Quixote
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Valiant Tailor
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Headless Horseman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Viva Willie
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Good Scout
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Jungle Jitters
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Cave Man
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Queen of Hearts
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Rasslin' Round
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Reducing Creme
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Puss in Boots
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Insultin' the Sultan
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Brave Tin Soldier
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- The Little Red Hen
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Robin Hood, Jr.
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Davy Jones' Locker
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Hell's Fire
  director
  
  directing
  
  1934
- Jack and the Beanstalk
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Stratos Fear
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Spite Flight
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Soda Squirt
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Play Ball
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Pale-Face
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Chinaman's Chance
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Techno-Cracked
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- The Air Race
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Flip's Lunch Room
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Bulloney
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Coo Coo the Magician
  director
  
  directing
  
  1933
- Funny Face
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- Nurse Maid
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Music Lesson
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Pony Express
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Goal Rush
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- Circus
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- Room Runners
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Office Boy
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Bully
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- School Days
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- Puppy Love
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- What a Life
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- Fire! Fire!
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- The Milkman
  director
  
  directing
  
  1932
- Spooks
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Africa Squeaks
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Jail Birds
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- The Village Specialist
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Movie Mad
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Stormy Seas
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- The New Car
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Ragtime Romeo
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Laughing Gas
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- The Soup Song
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- The Village Smitty
  director
  
  directing
  
  1931
- Little Orphan Willie
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- The Cuckoo Murder Case
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- The Village Barber
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Flying Fists
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Fiddlesticks
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Autumn
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Puddle Pranks
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Summer
  director
  
  directing
  
  1930
- Hell's Bells
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- Mickey's Choo-Choo
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- El Terrible Toreador
  layout
  
  directing
  
  1929
- The Skeleton Dance
  layout
  
  directing
  
  1929
- The Karnival Kid
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- The Barnyard Battle
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- The Opry House
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- Plane Crazy
  director
  
  directing
  
  1929
- The Gallopin' Gaucho
  director
  
  directing
  
  1928
- Steamboat Willie
  director
  
  directing
  
  1928
- Empty Socks
  director
  
  directing
  
  1927
- The Ocean Hop
  director
  
  directing
  
  1927
- All Wet
  director
  
  directing
  
  1927
actors (2 credits)
- Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Alice's Wonderland
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1923
crew (6 credits)
- The Dating Game
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1991
- The Navajos: Children of the Gods
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1957
- Perri
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1957
- Westward Ho, The Wagons!
  special effects
  
  crew
  
  1956
- Hungry Hoboes
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1928
- Alice's Wonderland
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1923
art (4 credits)
- Jungle Cat
  special props
  
  art
  
  1960
- El Terrible Toreador
  background designer
  
  art
  
  1929
- The Skeleton Dance
  background designer
  
  art
  
  1929
- The Barnyard Battle
  background designer
  
  art
  
  1929
production (36 credits)
- A Busy Day
  producer
  
  production
  
  1940
- Crop Chasers
  producer
  
  production
  
  1939
- Happy Days
  producer
  
  production
  
  1936
- Balloon Land
  producer
  
  production
  
  1935
- Old Mother Hubbard
  producer
  
  production
  
  1935
- Little Black Sambo
  producer
  
  production
  
  1935
- Jack Frost
  producer
  
  production
  
  1934
- The Headless Horseman
  producer
  
  production
  
  1934
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
  producer
  
  production
  
  1934
- Reducing Creme
  producer
  
  production
  
  1934
- Jack and the Beanstalk
  producer
  
  production
  
  1933
- Coo Coo the Magician
  producer
  
  production
  
  1933
- The Bully
  producer
  
  production
  
  1932
- School Days
  producer
  
  production
  
  1932
- Puppy Love
  producer
  
  production
  
  1932
- What a Life
  producer
  
  production
  
  1932
- Fire! Fire!
  producer
  
  production
  
  1932
- The Milkman
  producer
  
  production
  
  1932
- Spooks
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- Africa Squeaks
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- Jail Birds
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- The Village Specialist
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- Movie Mad
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- Stormy Seas
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- The New Car
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- Ragtime Romeo
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- Laughing Gas
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- The Soup Song
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- The Village Smitty
  producer
  
  production
  
  1931
- Little Orphan Willie
  producer
  
  production
  
  1930
- The Cuckoo Murder Case
  producer
  
  production
  
  1930
- The Village Barber
  producer
  
  production
  
  1930
- Flying Fists
  producer
  
  production
  
  1930
- Fiddlesticks
  producer
  
  production
  
  1930
- Puddle Pranks
  producer
  
  production
  
  1930
- Newman Laugh-O-Grams
  producer
  
  production
  
  1921