Frank Mouris

Francis Peter "Frank" Mouris (b. 6 September 1944) is an American collage animator known for the 1973 Oscar-winning short Frank Film.[1]

Career

Other films he made alongside wife[2] Caroline[3] include Coney (1975),[4][5] Impasse (1978),[6] the live action feature Beginner's Luck (1986)[7] and Frankly Caroline (1999).[8] [9] He also contributed animations to Sesame Street.[10][11]

Legacy

Frank Film was added to the National Film Registry in 1996.[12]

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 Study Center in New Haven.[14]

Frank Film was also preserved by the Academy Film Archive.[15]

References
  1. Frank Film, by Frank Mouris (1973), YouTube
  2. TONIGHT IN NYC: The Films of Frank and Caroline Mouris|Cartoon Brew
  3. Keeping Frank and Caroline Mouris Animated-Moving Image Archive News
  4. Frank and Caroline Mouris - University of Utah
  5. The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films-Oscars.org
  6. Frank & Caroline Mouris-Five By Two-Experimental Cinema
  7. Beginners Luck on Amazon
  8. New York State Writers Institute-Frank Film and Frankly Caroline
  9. Frankly Caroline (VHS)-Direct Cinema Limited
  10. Classic Sesame Street animation - dog and hen (YouTube)
  11. Sesame Street Bus And Telephone (YouTube)
  12. Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection|Oscars.org
  13. Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection|Oscars.org
  14. "Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection". Academy Film Archive.
  15. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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