Ub Iwerks was the animator that came up with Mickey Mouse during Disney's dark ages, when the rights to Oswald the Rabbit got taken taken from Waltt Disney.
He first began animating with Walt Disney on the Alice Comedies; where a real life girl was shot in a cartoon world. Iwerks also made Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar for the Disney cast. He was very prolific, being able to animate 700 frames a day. He also completed the cartoon short 'Oswald the Lucky Rabbit' all by himself.
He was a good animator, but he is most famous for his work in special effects and camera work. He made the special effects for Alfred Hitchcock's movie, 'The Birds'. He also helped develop the disney animation pipeline by making better versions of the multiplane camera and using celluloid for copying animation on paper.
He and Walt Disney were good friends, and both died within several years of each other, Walt Disney first. He was beside himself knowing his life-long friend and boss was dead.
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