Frank Thomas

Known for Visual EffectsBorn 1912-09-05Died 2004-09-08Fresno, California, USA

Born in Fresno, California, Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston. After graduating from Stanford, he attended Chouinard Art Institute, then joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934 as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts, and also was a member of the Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, playing the piano.Read more

Movies & web series

From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men

From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece

The Iron Giant

The Incredibles

The Pixar Story

Frank and Ollie

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Mary Poppins

Robin Hood

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

The Aristocats

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

The Fox and the Hound

The Jungle Book

The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born

Disneyland '59

The Sword in the Stone

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Peter Pan

Fantasia

Alice in Wonderland

Lady and the Tramp

The Chipmunk Adventure

The Rescuers

Sleeping Beauty

Pinocchio

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Cinderella

Bambi

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

One Hour in Wonderland

Brave Little Tailor

The Wind in the Willows

Music Land

The Winged Scourge

In Dutch

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece

Victory Vehicles

The Cookie Carnival

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Flying Gauchito

Little Hiawatha