Frank Mouris
Francis Peter "Frank" Mouris (born September 6, 1944) is an American animator. He is best known for his film Frank Film (1973), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Frank Mouris
- Name
- Frank Mouris
- Birth Name
- Francis Peter Mouris
- Born
- 6 September 1944
- Birthplace
- Key West, Florida, U.S.
- Education
- * Harvard College
- Occupation
- Animator
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- animated film · graphic design
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film · Guggenheim Fellowship
- Languages
- English
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Francis Peter "Frank" Mouris (born September 6, 1944) is an American animator. He is best known for his film Frank Film (1973), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
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Frank Mouris (born 1944) is an animator, designer and director, among other activities, of American nationality. The animator was born in Key West.
Frank Mouris was educated at American Film Institute, Harvard College and Yale School of Architecture, among others. Activity centred on animated film and graphic design.
Languages used include English. Honours include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Biography
Biography
Frank Mouris studied at Harvard College, Yale School of Art and Yale School of Architecture. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is animated film and graphic design. Distinctions recorded are Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Key facts
• Name — Frank Mouris • Birth Name — Francis Peter Mouris • Born — 6 September 1944 • Birthplace — Key West, Florida, U.S. • Education — * Harvard College • Yale School of Art • American Film Institute • Occupation — Animator • Years Active — 1967–2006
Career
Career
Other films he made alongside wife Caroline include Coney (1975), Impasse (1978), the live action feature Beginner's Luck (1986) and Frankly Caroline (1999). He also contributed animations to Sesame Street.
Legacy
Frank Film was added to the National Film Registry in 1996. Original picture and sound negatives, as well as preservation negatives on a number of the Mourises' films, are held at the Academy Film Archive and at the Yale Film Archive in New Haven. Frank Film was also preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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- 1.Solomon, Charles. Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation. Knopf. 1989. 978-0-394-54684-1.
- 2.The 46th Academy Awards 1974. www.oscars.org. 2014-10-04.
- 3.Amidi, Amid. TONIGHT IN NYC: The Films of Frank and Caroline Mouris. 2010-06-15.
- 4.Keeping Frank and Caroline Mouris Animated. Moving Image Archive News.
- 5.Frank and Caroline Mouris - University of Utah.
- 6.The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. www.oscars.org. 2016-05-26.
- 7.Frank & Caroline Mouris - Five By Two. Experimental Cinema.
- 8.Amazon.com. www.amazon.com.
- 9.New York State Writers Institute - Frank Film and Frankly Caroline. www.albany.edu.
- 10.Frankly Caroline (VHS) - Direct Cinema Limited
- 11.Deanmo23. Classic Sesame Street animation - dog and hen. 2013-04-14.
- 12.Sesame Street Bus And Telephone (YouTube)
- 13.Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. www.oscars.org. 2015-10-13.
- 14.Notable Holdings. Yale Film Archive.
- 15.Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.
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