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]

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. ^ ^{a b c} "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. ^ ^{a b} "Maureen Furniss," California Institute of the Arts
6. ^ ^{a b} "Le Joueur d'Échecs/The Chess Player (1927).Directed by Raymond Bernard." Johns Hopkins University.
7. ^ ^{a b} "Electronic Newsletter Volume II Issue 4 Summer 2004 Edition," San Diego State University
8. ^ ^{a b} "Maureen Furniss Adjunct Faculty. University of Southern California.
9. ^ ^{a b} "Chapman University Graduate Catalog." Chapman University
10. ^ ^{a b} "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

External links

	United States portal
	Animation portal
	Biography portal

• 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

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