Frank Mouris | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francis Peter Mouris September 6, 1944 |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 1967–2006 |
| Spouse |
Caroline Mouris (
m. 1966) |
Francis Peter "Frank" Mouris (born September 6, 1944) is an American animator. He is best known for his film Frank Film (1973), [1] for which he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [2]
Career
Other films he made alongside wife [3] Caroline [4] include Coney (1975), [5] [6] Impasse (1978), [7] the live action feature Beginner's Luck (1986) [8] and Frankly Caroline (1999). [9] [10] He also contributed animations to Sesame Street. [11] [12]
Legacy
Frank Film was added to the National Film Registry in 1996. [13]
Original picture and sound negatives, as well as preservation negatives on a number of the Mourises' films, are held at the Academy Film Archive in Hollywood collection [13] and the Yale Film Archive in New Haven. [14]
Frank Film was also preserved by the Academy Film Archive. [15]
See also
References
- ^ Enchanted Drawings - Google Books (pgs.287-293)
- ^ 1974|Oscars.org
- ^ TONIGHT IN NYC: The Films of Frank and Caroline Mouris|Cartoon Brew
- ^ Keeping Frank and Caroline Mouris Animated-Moving Image Archive News
- ^ Frank and Caroline Mouris - University of Utah
- ^ The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films|Oscars.org (title: "Altered Reality")
- ^ Frank & Caroline Mouris - Five By Two - Experimental Cinema
- ^ Beginners Luck on Amazon
- ^ New York State Writers Institute - Frank Film and Frankly Caroline
- ^ Frankly Caroline (VHS) - Direct Cinema Limited
- ^ Classic Sesame Street animation - dog and hen (YouTube)
- ^ Sesame Street Bus And Telephone (YouTube)
- ^ a b Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection|Oscars.org
- ^ "Notable Holdings". Yale Film Archive.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
- Frank Mouris on IMDB
- Profile at ACME Filmworks
- Impasse on Vimeo posted officially by Yale Film Archive
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Collage filmmakers
- Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
- American animators
- American animated film directors
- American experimental filmmakers
- Producers who won the Best Animated Short Academy Award
- Yale School of Art alumni
- Harvard College alumni
- People from Key West, Florida
- Filmmakers from Florida