The Unlucky Rabbit

Shane Hernandez

2025•10 min.•

United States of America

A group of animators pitch The Unlucky Rabbit, a documentary exploring Walt Disney’s earliest creation, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Through storyboards, they retrace the 1920s from Disney’s arrival in California, to his collaboration with Ub Iwerks for the character Oswald at Universal Pictures.

Animation
Documentary
History
Family

Cast

Kelly Bouslaiby
Kathy/Narrator
SL
Stryder Larsen
Animator
Jack Mayer
Walt's Assistant
WF
William Fischer
Walt
Tom Klein
Self (voice)
Antonia Carlotta
Self (voice)
Walt Disney
Self (Archive Interview)

Crew

SV
Simon Vidas
Camera
PJ
Piper Jones
Production
PJ
Piper Jones
Production
PJ
Piper Jones
Directing
Shane Hernandez
Directing
Jay Pennathur
Lighting
Shane Hernandez
Production
Arjun Satyavrath
Sound
MRC
Mary Robinson Coco
Sound
DC
Don Claverie
Sound
AR
Alex Rosenberg
Costume & Make-Up
CO
Collin O'Brien
Camera
JD
Joseph Domingo
Camera
LC
Lauren Chew
Visual Effects
RK
Ryan Krall
Art
Joely Brown
Art
TS
Taylor Skorupa
Art
SK
Sidney Kuehn
Visual Effects
Jash Shah
Visual Effects
WF
William Fischer
Visual Effects
MC
Maggie Chen
Art
Joely Brown
Visual Effects
LK
Lilly Kocurek
Art
AN
Amy Ninh
Art
LK
Lilly Kocurek
Visual Effects
KS
Kristin Schueller
Visual Effects
KP
Katelyn Park
Art
Shane Hernandez
Editing
LS
Luke Strickler
Editing
CV
Carter Vickers
Art
BW
Bailey Wertzberger
Art
BW
Bailey Wertzberger
Sound
PTL
Po Ting Lau
Camera
Rachel Kelly
Camera
MB
Makena Bajar
Art
GG
Gabriella Gutierrez
Directing
MG
Maddy Gault
Production
Jay Pennathur
Editing