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After graduating from Stanford in 1933, [5] 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 .
Frank Thomas was born on 5 September 1912 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004) and The Aristocats (1970). He was married to Jeanette A. Thomas. He died on 8 September 2004 in La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA.
Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas was an American animator. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. Born in Fresno, California, Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston.
Apr 24, 2017 · Walt characteristically never gave praise, and key animator Frank Thomas knew that that statement may be the best he would ever get. The sequence in question, which Frank had revived after Walt had cut after seeing the storyboards, was the iconic scene in Lady and the Tramp (1955) where the two title characters shared a plate of spaghetti.
Animator Frank Thomas instilled vivid personality into his characters. He drew some of Disney animation’s most memorable, as well as touching, moments, including the Dwarfs crying at Snow White’s bier, Bambi and Thumper learning how to ice skate, and the charming spaghetti-eating sequence in Lady and the Tramp.
To Frank Thomas to make animator was not just a temporary stepping-stone to director or live action. To be an animator was the best title one could aspire to. Frank and his kind established a gold standard of quality that we may never equal, but he invites us all to try.
Sep 10, 2004 · Frank Thomas, one of the celebrated “Nine Old Men” of Disney animation whose work set the standards by which all character animation is judged, died quietly at his home in La Canada...
