Corrie Francis
I am an independent animator who has made several short films and commecial spots with a variety of experimental techniques including sand, paint on glass, cut paper and photo pixilation.
Visual Arts: Animation, Landscape Photography, Digital Art and Design
Software: Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium CS3, Corel Painter, Adobe Audition
Languages: Familiar with German, Italian, Spanish and French
MFA in Animation and Digital Arts
University of Southern California
BA Animation
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
Freelance Clients and Productions
Department of Conservation: Stepping into Fiordland National Park,
Director
Robert Greenwald's Freedom Files: Series Intro, Design and Animation
The Harvey Fellows: Video Introduction, Design and Animation
24 Solo: Title Animation and Special Effects
Pet Projekt: Company Logo, Design and Animation
Teaching
Lake Tahoe Community College - 2008 Adjunct Faculty, Intro to Animation
LTCC Kid's College - 2006-2008, Animation Instructor, Animation Exploration Workshop
Royer Studio Classroom Animation Program - 2007-2009 Animation Facilitator
USC Summer Seminar, Los Angeles
Animation Teacher, July 2003
Awards and Fellowships
Artist in Residence at Valpariso, Spain - 2008
Macdowell Colony Fellow - 2007, 2008
Fulbright Fellow Grant Recipient to New Zealand, 2005
Harvey Fellowship Recipient, 2004-2005
Dartmouth Animation Award ' 2001
Dartmouth Senior Fellowship Recipient ' 2000-2001
for "Conversing with Aotearoa/New Zealand"
Best Film -Mountain Culture and Environment - Wanaka Mountain Film Festival
Semi-finalist - Moondance Film Festival
Best Student Short ' Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
First Prize- Multimedia ' Exposure, Auckland University
Student Presentation Award ' ANZALS Conference 2005
for "Tracks"
Student Finalist, International Family Film Festival
for "Ash Sunday"
Regional Finalist, Student Academy Awards 2002
1st Prize, Student Animation,
ASIFA-East Animation Festival 2002
Audience Award, ASIFA-SF October, 2002
for "April Showers"
2nd Prize, Student Animation, ASIFA-East Animation Festival 2001
Festival Screenings
http://www.corriefrancis.com/animation.htm
Member Profile
Corrie FrancisAs an animator, I see myself as an artist of the moving image. When I was a child, my grandmother, a painter in oils and watercolor, would take me out into the mountains surrounding her summer home at Lake Tahoe. I spent many afternoons under her tutelage trying to harness rebellious watercolors into a plausible representation of a field of flowers or row of peaks. I may have followed in her footsteps, if I had not discovered. at the age of 13, that I could make my drawings move through animation.
While I initially began my career as an animator with the intention of making short narrative films, in recent years I have found myself drawn to a more documentary approach. I use photography in combination with other animation techniques to challenge the separation between the real and imagined worlds we find on film. I have found that grounding animation in real experiences, objects and landscapes creates a visual paradox that invites viewers to engage with their own personal experiences and memories.
