Maureen Furniss Explained

Maureen Ruth Furniss^[1] is a writer, animation historian,^[2] animation theorist,^[3] critic, professor, and president of the Society for Animation Studies.^[4] Furniss served as a professor at the California Institute of Arts,^[5] Savannah College of Art and Design,^{[6] [7]} University of Southern California,^[8] and Chapman University.^{[9] [10]}

Biography

Furniss attended San Diego State University, studied "Telecommunications and Film," received a bachelor's degree in 1983 and a master's degree in 1987.^[7] In 1994 she received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from University of Southern California in 1994 using the dissertation "Things of the Spirit: A Study of Abstract Film."^{[1] [5] [9]}

She is the founding editor of Animation Journal,^{[1] [6]} a peer-reviewed scholarly journal about animation.^{[8] [11]}

Furniss contributed to the Encarta article about Chuck Jones.^[10]

Works

• Chuck Jones: Conversations^[12] - Contains many interviews related to Chuck Jones^[13]
• Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics^{[14] [15] [16]}
• The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash^[17]
• Things of the Spirit: A Study of Abstract Animation^[18]

External links

• Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics at Google Books
• Furniss' Animation History Classes website
• Motion Capture
• The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, produced by Kimstim Films, DVD from Kino International, 2005
• Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics book review by Giannalberto Bendazzi - Hosted on Animation World Network

Notes and References

1. "ABOUT THE EDITOR." Animation Journal. Retrieved on February 18, 2009.
2. "Back in the 'Family' way," The Daily Iowan
3. "A Home for Heroes ." University of Technology Sydney
4. "Contact." Society for Animation Studies.
5. "Maureen Furniss," California Institute of the Arts
6. "Le Joueur d'Échecs/The Chess Player (1927).Directed by Raymond Bernard." Johns Hopkins University.
7. "Electronic Newsletter Volume II Issue 4 Summer 2004 Edition," San Diego State University
8. "Maureen Furniss Adjunct Faculty . University of Southern California.
9. "Chapman University Graduate Catalog." Chapman University
10. "Chuck Jones," Encarta. Archived 2009-11-01.
11. "Animation journal," Intute
12. "Chuck Jones: Conversations," University Press of Mississippi
13. ""What's New" Archives: March 2005," Michael Barrier website
14. "Art in Motion Animation Aesthetics," Indiana University Press
15. "Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics." Amazon.com
16. "Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics," John Libbey Publishing
17. "The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash." Amazon.com
18. "Things of the Spirit: A Study of Abstract Animation." Google Books