Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor ; The Genius of Ub Iwerks (Disney Editions Deluxe): The Genius of Ub Iwerks - Foreword by Leonard Maltin - Hardcover

Iwerks, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1484743377 ISBN 13: 9781484743379

Publisher: Disney Editions, 2019

Synopsis

Disney Legend Ub Iwerks is most-often remembered as theanimator who worked directly with Walt Disney and first animated Mickey Mouseand Minnie Mouse, but as this new deluxe volume by Ub's son Disney Legend DonIwerks reveals, he was so much more. . . . he was Walt's ultimate inventor!

Gorgeous never-before-published photographs and fascinatingpersonal memories celebrate the half-a-century career of Ub, a self-taughtanimator who became an exceptional draftsman, prolific innovator, andall-around technical genius who directly collaborated with Walt to create someof the most loved moments throughout film and theme parks.

Even before the creation of Mickey, Walt established areputation as a technical leader in Hollywood and frequently relied on thecounsel, expertise, ingenuity, and creativity of a kindred spirit, lifelongfriend, and fellow virtuoso: Ub Iwerks. Up till now, Ub and his many technicalinventions and techniques have been largely unknown by the general public. Hisillustrious career consisted of dozens of innovative contributions, large andsmall, to both animated and live-action motion pictures, as well as the fieldsof optics, film processes, and special effects. He was also the major force behindthe design of special cameras, projectors, electronics, and audio for themepark projects, and much more.

The high standard set by Walt and Ub continues to inspireartists and technicians within The Walt Disney Company as they explore newavenues of quality entertainment. Here is a one-of-a-kind appreciation to anextraordinary man and an outstanding career, a record of his many inventionsand accomplishments, and a tribute from a grateful son to his remarkablefather.

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About this title

About the Author

Don Iwerks joined his father, Ub Iwerks, in the pantheon of Disney icons when he was presented with the prestigious Disney Legends Award in 2009. Don began his career by following his father to the Walt Disney Studios in 1950. A year later, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Signal Corp Photographic Company and served in Germany, after which he returned to the Studio. For the next eighteen years, he worked closely with his father on many of his ingenious projects for the Studio, the 1964 1965 New York World's Fair, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World. In 1966, Don was promoted to Manager of the Studio Machine Shop, where he was involved in the development of cameras, projectors, and other technical systems that are still used in Disney Parks around the world-among them Circle-Vision 360, wide-gauge 3D film systems, and the projection system for the wildly popular Star Tours attraction. In recognition of contributions to the movie industry made by his innovations, in 1997, Don received the Gordon E. Sawyer Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Board of Governors. That year he was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Themed Entertainment Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Disney Editions
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484743377
• ISBN 13: 9781484743379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224