Francis Peter "Frank" Mouris (born September 6, 1944) is an American animator. He is best known for his film ''
Frank Film
''Frank Film'' is a 1973 American animated short film by Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996.
Summary
It is a compilation of images co-creator Fran ...
'' (1973),
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/ref> for which he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...
.
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
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...
''.
Legacy
''Frank Film'' was added to the National Film Registry
The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation (library and archival science), preservation, each selected for its cultural, historical, and aestheti ...
in 1996.[Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection, Oscars.org](_blank)
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Original picture and sound negatives, as well as preservation
Preservation may refer to:
Heritage and conservation
* Preservation (library and archival science), activities aimed at prolonging the life of a record while making as few changes as possible
* ''Preservation'' (magazine), published by the Nat ...
negatives on a number of the Mourises' films, are held at the Academy Film Archive
The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation, established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' educational and cultural activities, including the preservation of mot ...
in Hollywood collection
See also
* Experimental animation
* Collage animation
*Independent animation
The terms independent animation or indie animation refers to animated shorts, web series, and feature films produced outside a major national animation industry.
United States
In America, working independent
animators included Mary Ellen Bute ...
References
External links
Frank Mouris on IMDB
Profile at ACME Filmworks
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1944 births
Living people
Collage filmmakers
Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
American animated film directors
American experimental filmmakers
Producers who won the Best Animated Short Academy Award
Yale School of Art alumni
Harvard College alumni
People from Key West, Florida
Filmmakers from Florida