American animator cartoonist character designer inventor and special effects technician who cocreated Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney The works Iwerks produced alongside Disney went on to win numerous awards including multiple Academy Awards He was born in Kansas City Missouri His father Eert Ubbe Iwerks emigrated to the US in 1869 from the village of Uttum in East Frisia northwest Germany today part of the municipality of Krummhörn Ubs full name can be seen on early Alice shorts that he signed Several years later he simplified his name to Ub Iwerks sometimes written as U B Iwerks
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