AME Radio Show - Don Iwerks & Victoria Lacoste
b'Don Iwerks - Don Iwerks (himself a Disney \\u2018legend,\\u2019), son to famed animator and Walt Disney\'s top artist Ub Iwerks (Silly Symphonies, Snow White, Steam Boat Willie) and now author of a new book called "Walt Disney\'s Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of UB Iwerks.
The book release is timed just after the debut of the highly-anticipated new TV streaming series \\u201cThe Imagineering Story\\u201d which premieres November 12 on Disney\\u2019s all-new platform Disney+.
It showcases the half-a-century career of Ub Iwerks, a self-taught animator who became an exceptional draftsman, prolific innovator, and all-around technical genius who directly collaborated with Walt to create some of the most loved moments throughout film and theme parks. Ub Iwerks is most-often remembered as the animator who worked directly with Walt Disney and first drew Mickey Mouse, but he was so much more. . . . he was Walt\'s ultimate inventor!
Victoria Lacoste - Victoria is the blood relative and descendant to the Lacoste fashion brand (their logo is the famed alligator). She has gone a different route and pursued her dream of entertaining. She is a producer and she launched a new company "Edelweiss Film Production" which just launched their new horror film "Asking for a Friend".'