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Fran Krause

  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
  • Director
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Fran Krause is known for Mister Smile (1999), Upstate Four (2007) and What a Cartoon! (1995).
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Mister Smile
    5.8
    Short
    • Animation Department
    • 1999
    Upstate Four (2007)
    Upstate Four
    TV Movie
    • Animation Department
    • 2007
    What a Cartoon! (1995)
    What a Cartoon!
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Animation Department
    Nosy Bear
    Short
    • Animation Department
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • In an Empty Wood (2018)
      In an Empty Wood
      Short
      • cg consultant
      • 2018
    • Nosy Bear
      Short
      • animator
      • 2011
    • The Buddha (2010)
      The Buddha
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • animator
      • 2010
    • Superjail! (2007)
      Superjail!
      7.7
      TV Series
      • character layout artist
      • background layout artist
      • 2008
    • Upstate Four (2007)
      Upstate Four
      TV Movie
      • animator
      • 2007
    • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (2006)
      Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
      7.3
      TV Special
      • animator
      • 2006
    • Jesse Schwartz, Erica Huang, Aiden Pompey, and Natalia Wojcik in Little Einsteins (2005)
      Little Einsteins
      6.3
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2005–2010
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • animator
      • graphic blandishment
      • 2002–2003
    • What a Cartoon! (1995)
      What a Cartoon!
      8.4
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2001
    • Utica Cartoon (2001)
      Utica Cartoon
      8.1
      TV Short
      • animator
      • 2001
    • Penny Jewkes, Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle, Traci Paige Johnson, Spencer Kayden, Kelly Nigh, Michael Rubin, Donovan Patton, Cody Ross Pitts, Jonathan Press, Marshall Claffy, Stephen Schmidt, Julia Wetherell, and Corrine Hoffman in Blue's Clues (1996)
      Blue's Clues
      6.9
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 1999–2000
    • Aleisha Allen, Cameron Bowen, Traci Paige Johnson, Kelly Nigh, Cody Ross Pitts, and Evan Dorfman in Blue's Big Musical Movie (2000)
      Blue's Big Musical Movie
      7.5
      Video
      • animator
      • 2000
    • Mister Smile
      5.8
      Short
      • animator
      • 1999
    • Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! (1996)
      Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!
      8.1
      Video Game
      • computer ink and paint artist: Animotion
      • key animator: Animotion
      • 1996

    Art Department

    • The Fungies (2020)
      The Fungies
      6.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Over the Garden Wall (2014)
      Over the Garden Wall
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard revisionist
      • 2014
    • Super F***ers (2012)
      Super F***ers
      3.7
      TV Series
      • background designer color stylist
      • background designer
      • color stylist
      • 2012–2013
    • Brisket
      8.0
      Short
      • painter
      • 2000

    Director

    • Super F***ers (2012)
      Super F***ers
      3.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2013
    • Nosy Bear
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2011
    • Dog in the Burning Building
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Upstate Four (2007)
      Upstate Four
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Moonraker
      Short
      • Director
      • 2004
    • What a Cartoon! (1995)
      What a Cartoon!
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Utica Cartoon (2001)
      Utica Cartoon
      8.1
      TV Short
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Mister Smile
      5.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 1999

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      Co-founder of Animation Cowboys, an independent animation studio.

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