Frank Thomas
Visual Effects
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.
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The Incredibles
2004
The Iron Giant
1999
The Pixar Story
2007
Saludos Amigos
1942
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Frank and Ollie
1995
Disneyland '59
1959
One Hour in Wonderland
1950
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
A Story of Dogs
1954
The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp
2001
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
1996
From Fantasia to Fantasyland
1978
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
2005
Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
2003
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
1994
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
1997
Tricks of Our Trade
1957
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The Incredibles
2004
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Cinderella
1950
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
The Jungle Book
1967
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Pinocchio
1940
Peter Pan
1953
The Aristocats
1970
Mary Poppins
1964
The Rescuers
1977
Bambi
1942
Lady and the Tramp
1955
The Fox and the Hound
1981
Fantasia
1940
The Sword in the Stone
1963
Robin Hood
1973
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
The Three Caballeros
1944
More Kittens
1936
Brave Little Tailor
1938
Music Land
1935
The Wind in the Willows
1949
The Practical Pig
1939
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968
Halloween Hall o' Fame
1977
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
1943
In Dutch
1946
Mickey's Elephant
1936
The Pointer
1939
The Cookie Carnival
1935
Little Hiawatha
1937
The Flying Gauchito
1944
Victory Vehicles
1943
The Winged Scourge
1943
Mickey's Circus
1936
Camouflage
1944