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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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  • Title Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks
  • Author Don Iwerks
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Disney Editions
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781484743379 / 1484743377
  • Weight 3.8 lbs (1.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.9 x 9.4 x 1.1 in (32.77 x 23.88 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Illustrators - United States, Walt Disney Company - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.433

About the author

Don Iwerks followed his father, Disney Legend Ub Iwerks, to The Walt Disney Studios in 1950. There, among many leadership roles and accomplishments, Don developed cameras, projectors, and other technical systems, many of which are still used in Disney parks around the world, among them Circle-Vision 360, wide-gauge 3-D film systems, and the projection system for the wildly popular Star Tours attraction.

In 1986, after thirty-five years at Disney, Don joined fellow Disney executive Stan Kinsey to cofound their own company, Iwerks Entertainment, a maker of giant-screen theaters, simulation theaters, and 3-D-projection-based theme park attractions. In 1997, Don received the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, an Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. In 2009, Don Iwerks joined his father in the pantheon of Disney icons when he was presented with the prestigious Disney Legends Award. He most recently contributed to The Imagineering Story docuseries now streaming on Disney+.

Searching for that perfect gift for the Disney theme park fan in your life? Explore more archival-quality books from Disney Editions:
  • Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks
  • The Disney Monorail: Imagineering a Highway in the Sky
  • One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe
  • Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks
  • Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century
  • Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food
  • Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai
  • Poster Art of the Disney Parks
  • The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic

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