Lee Mishkin
Lee Mishkin (February 5, 1927 – June 19, 2001) was an American animator and director. He directed the short animated film Is It Always Right to Be Right?, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1970. He was the founder of the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts), an art school focusing on animation, design, acting and photography.
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Lee Mishkin
- Name
- Lee Mishkin
- Born
- 5 February 1927
- Died
- 19 June 2001
- Place of death
- Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- Occupation
- Animator & Director
- Nationality
- United States
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During the 1980s and 1990s Mishkin served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. On June 19, 2001, Mishkin died in his sleep of heart failure.
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• Name — Lee Mishkin • Born — 5 February 1927 • Died — 19 June 2001 • Place of death — Seattle, Washington, U.S. • Occupation — Animator & Director • Years Active — 1949–1991 • Notable Works — Is It Always Right to Be Right?
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• Year — Title — Notes • 1960 — King Leonardo and His Short Subjects — Layout Artist • 1961-1962 — Calvin and the Colonel — Visual Adaptation - 12 episodes • 1962 — Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol — Production Designer • 1964-1965 — The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo — Character Designer - 7 episodes • 1965 — The New Three Stooges — Layout Artist - 49 episodes • 1966 — The Super 6 — Writer • 1970 — Why We Have Taxes, or The Town That Had No Policeman (short) — Director • 1970 — Why People Have Laws, or Shiver, Gobble & Snore (short) — Director • 1970 — How the First Letter Was Written (short) — Director • 1970 — How the Elephant Got His Trunk (short) — Director • 1970 — Is It Always Right to Be Right? (short) — Director • 1974 — Butterfly Ball — Director • 1977 — Halloween Is Grinch Night — Animator • 1978 — Yogi's Space Race — Animator • 1979 — The Little Rascals Christmas Special — Animator • 1981 — Faeries — Producer Writer Director Animator • 1987 — Bionic Six — Director • 1987 — Sparky's Magic Piano — Director • 1990 — Jetsons: The Movie — Animator
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- 1.Academy Award Winning Animator Lee Mishkin Passes Away.
- 2.https://www.imdb.com/list/Bs3X3pR4kc8/
- 3.National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival. 10–11. June 10, 1994.
- 4.Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival. 3. June 7, 1991.
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