Maureen Furniss

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]

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 Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine." University of Technology Sydney
  4. "Contact." Society for Animation Studies.
  5. "Maureen Furniss Archived 2007-07-31 at Archive.today," 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 Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. 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 Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine," 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
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