Frank Thomas
Birthday: 1912-09-05
Place of Birth: Fresno, California, USA
Biography: Born in Fresno, California, Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston. After graduating from Stanford, he attended Chouinard Art Institute, then joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934 as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts, and also was a member of the Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, playing the piano.
Movies
Saludos Amigos
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, ...
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The Pixar Story
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's p...
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists ...
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It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
The story of Walt Disney and the company he built....
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The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Documentary focusing on the making-of the 1940n adaptation of Pinocchio by the Disney studio, often ...
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The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
The making of this classic Disney masterpiece about the life of a young faun. Includes archive foota...
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Tricks of Our Trade
With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the im...
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Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
Documentary regarding two of the "nine old men" of Disney animators....
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From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
Film critic Joel Siegel gets together with a group of animators, directors and producers to discuss ...
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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece is a behind-the-scenes docu...
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The Incredibles
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three...
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The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp
Making of featurette about the sequel to the beloved film....
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The Iron Giant
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-ol...
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One Hour in Wonderland
Airing on Christmas Day, 1950, this holiday special was the first Disney TV production. It features ...
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Frank and Ollie
Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of a...
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
Using archival, never-before-released footage and newly shot interviews, this is a definitive behind...
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The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia....
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Disneyland '59
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consis...
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Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
A look at the making of the classic 1981 Disney film that saw the transition from Disney's Nine Old ...
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Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Released as a Bonus Feature for Disney's Platinum DVD Edition of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" t...
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Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
Documentary about the making of Disney's animated musical adaptation of Kipling's classic....
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