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Charles Mintz

Charles Mintz was unhappy with the production costs on Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks's "Alice Comedies," and asked the two to develop a new character.

National Cartoon Museum

Among its prized possessions is the first drawing of Mickey Mouse, by Ub Iwerks for the character's film debut in Plane Crazy (1928).

Oh, What a Knight

Oh, What a Knight is an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit an American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, and released in 1928 by The Walt Disney Studio.

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Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (produced by Universal Studios) used yellow screen, under the direction of Disney animator Ub Iwerks, in traveling matte shots with birds' rapidly fluttering wings.


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