Leslie Iwerks
Leslie A. Iwerks (born April 22, 1970 in Los Angeles ) is an American film director , producer and screenwriter . She mainly produces documentaries . Her short documentary Recycled Life was nominated for an Oscar in 2007.
Live and act
Leslie Iwerks is a daughter of Disney manager Don Iwerks and granddaughter of the animator Ub Iwerks , who co- created Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney . She attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles , which she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1993.
After graduation, Iwerks worked as an assistant director. She assisted Steven Brill on Mighty Ducks II (1994), Tom Shadyac on the production of Der Verrückte Professor (1996) and Der Dummschwätzer (1997) and Michael Cristofer on the television film Gia - Der Preis der Schönheit (1998) .
In 1999, Iwerks created a Disney biographical documentary about her grandfather, The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story , for which she wrote, directed, and produced the role.
In 2002 she founded her own film production company, Leslie Iwerks Productions, Inc. in Cambria , California. She heads the company from Santa Monica and, with two employees, produces documentaries, TV specials and digital content for companies like Disney, Pixar and National Geographic .
In the documentary short film Recycled Life , published in 2006, Iwerks also took on all the essential functions, in which she also directed the camera. She wrote the script together with photographer and film producer Mike Glad , who was also involved in the production of the film. They received an Oscar nomination in 2007 for their film, which portrays people living in the Guatemala City garbage dump .
In 2007 Iwerks also shot the documentary The Pixar Story , which tells the story of Pixar Animation Studios . The film was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Nonfiction Special category.
In the following years she produced other successful documentaries. Her short film Downstream , for example, which addresses the problem of unusual cancer cases near Athabasca tar sands , was shortlisted for an Oscar in 2008. She achieved the same in 2011 with the short documentary Pipe Dreams , which is about landowners on the Keystone Pipeline .
In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1993: Oh God. Please don't let me strike out
- 1999: The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
- 2004: The Ride / The Day
- 2006: Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special
- 2006: Recycled Life
- 2007: The Pixar Story
- 2009: downstream
- 2009: Dirty Oil
- 2010: Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
- 2011: Pipe Dreams
- 2012: Citizen Hearst
Web links
- Leslie Iwerks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Leslie Iwerks in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Biography at Leslie Iwerks Productions, Inc.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Hand Behind The Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. variety.com, accessed January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Alumni Development Council cinema.usc.edu, accessed January 2, 2013.
- ^ Leslie Iwerks Productions, Inc. bizapedia.com, accessed January 2, 2013.
- ↑ About Us ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. leslieiwerks.com, accessed January 2, 2013.
- ↑ The Pixar Story emmys.com, accessed January 2, 2013.
- ↑ film critical of Alberta oilsands on Oscar shortlist cbc.ca, accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ^ Academy Shortlists 8 Documentary Shorts reuters.com, accessed January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iwerks, Leslie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iwerks, Leslie A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director, film producer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |