CALARTS ANIMATION PIONEER EARNS FRIZ AWARD FOR BODY OF WORK.Byline: Daily News Jules Engel, who founded the experimental animation program at the California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. , will be honored Friday with the Friz Award, named for the creator of the irrepressible Bugs Bunny. The Friz, first given to animator Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1906[1] – May 26, 1995) was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. in 1994, is the lifetime achievement award bestowed each year during the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, International Film Festival. Engel began his career in the late 1940s at Walt Disney Studios The name Walt Disney Studios may refer to:
Later, he was one of the original members of the animation studio Animation studio can refer to:
He has had numerous solo exhibitions of his films around the world and has been honored at film festivals in Venice, Edinburgh and Oberhausen. He won the Norman McLaren Heritage Award last year in Canada and also received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Animated Film Society. Engel has been a member of the CalArts School of Film and Video faculty since 1970, and he has served on the executive board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the past 30 years. The Friz presentation will be made during the festival awards banquet at the Odyssey restaurant. Director Henry Selick, a former student of Engel's at CalArts, will present the award. Selick's film credits include ``James and the Giant Peach'' and ``Nightmare Before Christmas.'' Aside from Freleng, past Friz recipients were Stanley Kramer and Joseph Barbera in 1996 and Robert Wise and Marc Davis in 1997. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Jules Engel To receive Friz Award |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion