Frank Mouris

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| birth_name = Francis Peter Mouris

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|09|06}}

| birth_place = Key West, Florida, U.S.

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| occupation = Animator

| years_active = 1967–2006

| spouse = {{Marriage|Caroline Mouris|1966}}

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Francis Peter "Frank" Mouris (born September 6, 1944) is an American animator. He is best known for his film Frank Film (1973),[https://books.google.com/books?id=FSdQAAAAMAAJ Enchanted Drawings - Google Books (pgs.287-293)] for which he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 1974|Oscars.org]

Career

Other films he made alongside wife[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] Caroline[http://www.movingimagearchivenews.org/keeping-frank-and-caroline-mouris-animated/ Keeping Frank and Caroline Mouris Animated-Moving Image Archive News] include Coney (1975),{{Cite web |url=http://home.utah.edu/~klm6/3905/mouris.html |title=Frank and Caroline Mouris - University of Utah |access-date=2018-07-22 |archive-date=2016-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709061358/http://home.utah.edu/~klm6/3905/mouris.html |url-status=dead }}[http://www.oscars.org/events/real-indies-altered-reality The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films|Oscars.org (title: "Altered Reality")] Impasse (1978),[https://expcinema.org/site/en/dvd/frank-caroline-mouris-five-two Frank & Caroline Mouris - Five By Two - Experimental Cinema] the live action feature Beginner's Luck (1986)[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008U4SSCU Beginners Luck on Amazon] and Frankly Caroline (1999).[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] He also contributed animations to Sesame Street.[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)]

Legacy

Frank Film was added to the National Film Registry in 1996.[https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/caroline-and-frank-mouris-collection Caroline and Frank Mouris Collection|Oscars.org]

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 and the Yale Film Archive in New Haven.{{cite web|title=Notable Holdings|url=https://web.library.yale.edu/film/notable-holdings|website=Yale Film Archive}}

Frank Film was also preserved by the Academy Film Archive.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=frank+film&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}