Leslie Iwerks
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| Born | Los Angeles, California |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television |
| Occupation | Producer, director, and writer |
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| Relatives | Ub Iwerks (grandfather) |
| Website | www.leslieiwerks.com |
Leslie Iwerks (/ˈaɪwɜːrks/) is an American producer, director, and writer. She is also daughter of Disney Legend Don Iwerks and granddaughter of Ub Iwerks, the animator and co-creator of Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. She has directed notable films including Academy Award-nominated Recycled Life and Emmy-nominated The Pixar Story. She has worked with non-profit organizations Save Our Seas, Safe Passage, NRDC, and Sierra Club to raise awareness on matters affecting the globe. She currently helms Santa Monica-based production company Iwerks & Co.
Iwerks graduated with a BA from the University of Southern California and currently resides on the USC School of Cinematic Arts Alumni Council.
In 1999, Walt Disney Pictures released her first feature-length documentary, The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story, chronicling the life of her grandfather, Ub Iwerks. The film was narrated by Kelsey Grammer.
In 2000, Iwerks began working on numerous ethnographic documentaries in Guatemala which culminated in the film Recycled Life (2006), which was nominated for the Academy Award Best Documentary (Short Subject) category. The film documented the lives of Guatemalans who live and work in the largest landfill in Central America. The film was narrated by Edward James Olmos. Recycled Life went on to raise an estimated $3 million dollars for Safe Passage, a non-profit organization building schools for children who work in the dump.
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