Lee Mishkin

Lee Mishkin
Born(1927-02-05)February 5, 1927
DiedJune 19, 2001(2001-06-19) (aged 74)[1]
OccupationAnimator & Director
Years active1949–1991
Notable workIs It Always Right to Be Right?

Lee Mishkin (February 5, 1927 – June 19, 2001) was an American animator and director. He directed the short animated film Is It Always Right to Be Right?, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1970.[2] He was the founder of the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts), an art school focusing on animation, design, acting and photography. During the 1980s and 1990s Mishkin served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute.[3][4] On June 19, 2001, Mishkin died in his sleep of heart failure.

  1. ^ "Academy Award Winning Animator Lee Mishkin Passes Away".
  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/list/Bs3X3pR4kc8/ [user-generated source]
  3. ^ National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival. The Directors Guild Theatre. June 10, 1994. pp. 10–11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival. The Directors Guild Theatre. June 7, 1991. p. 3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)