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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics at Google Books
• Furniss' Animation History Classes website ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• 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