Frank Mouris

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
Key West, Florida, U.S.
Education
OccupationAnimator
Years active1967–2006
Spouse
Caroline Mouris
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(m. 1966)​

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
  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. Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection|Oscars.org
  14. "Notable Holdings". Yale Film Archive.
  15. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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