Iwerks Studio

Animated Pictures Corp., Ltd.
IndustryAnimation
Founded1930 (1930)
FounderUb Iwerks
Defunct1937 (1937)
FateReorganized as Cartoon Films, Ltd.
Headquarters9713 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, California, United States
Key people
  • Ub Iwerks (President)
  • Pat Powers (Vice president, 1930–1936)
  • Emil Offeman (General manager, 1930–1936)
ProductsTheatrical animated short films
Number of employees
75 (1933)
ParentCelebrity Productions, Inc. (1930–1936)

Animated Pictures Corp., Ltd. (informally coined as the Iwerks Studio) was an American animation studio based in Beverly Hills, California, headed by animator Ub Iwerks. The studio was best known for producing cartoon series such as Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper, as well as its ComiColor cartoon series, and was in operation between 1930 and 1937.

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