Frank Mouris Explained
| Frank Mouris |
| Birth Name: | Francis Peter Mouris |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Key West, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Animator |
| Years Active: | 1967–2006 |
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
External links
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=FSdQAAAAMAAJ Enchanted Drawings - Google Books (pgs.287-293)
- https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 1974|Oscars.org
- https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/tonight-in-nyc-the-films-of-frank-and-caroline-mouris-24436.html TONIGHT IN NYC: The Films of Frank and Caroline Mouris|Cartoon Brew
- http://www.movingimagearchivenews.org/keeping-frank-and-caroline-mouris-animated/ Keeping Frank and Caroline Mouris Animated-Moving Image Archive News
- Web site: Frank and Caroline Mouris - University of Utah . 2018-07-22 . 2016-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160709061358/http://home.utah.edu/~klm6/3905/mouris.html . dead .
- http://www.oscars.org/events/real-indies-altered-reality The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films|Oscars.org (title: "Altered Reality")
- https://expcinema.org/site/en/dvd/frank-caroline-mouris-five-two Frank & Caroline Mouris - Five By Two - Experimental Cinema
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008U4SSCU Beginners Luck on Amazon
- https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/mouris.html New York State Writers Institute - Frank Film and Frankly Caroline
- http://www.directcinema.com/catalog/F/279 Frankly Caroline (VHS) - Direct Cinema Limited
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlIYWk9WcWU Classic Sesame Street animation - dog and hen (YouTube)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XcMeETgn1A Sesame Street Bus And Telephone (YouTube)
- https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/caroline-and-frank-mouris-collection Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection|Oscars.org
- Web site: Notable Holdings. Yale Film Archive.
- Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.
