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]

Frank Mouris
Born
Francis Peter Mouris

(1944-09-06) September 6, 1944 (age 79)
Education
OccupationAnimator
Years active1967–2006
Spouse
Caroline Mouris
(m. 1966)

Career edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Enchanted Drawings - Google Books (pgs.287-293)
  2. ^ 1974|Oscars.org
  3. ^ TONIGHT IN NYC: The Films of Frank and Caroline Mouris|Cartoon Brew
  4. ^ Keeping Frank and Caroline Mouris Animated-Moving Image Archive News
  5. ^ "Frank and Caroline Mouris - University of Utah". Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  6. ^ The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films|Oscars.org (title: "Altered Reality")
  7. ^ Frank & Caroline Mouris - Five By Two - Experimental Cinema
  8. ^ Beginners Luck on Amazon
  9. ^ New York State Writers Institute - Frank Film and Frankly Caroline
  10. ^ Frankly Caroline (VHS) - Direct Cinema Limited
  11. ^ Classic Sesame Street animation - dog and hen (YouTube)
  12. ^ Sesame Street Bus And Telephone (YouTube)
  13. ^ a b Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection|Oscars.org
  14. ^ "Notable Holdings". Yale Film Archive.
  15. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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