Frank Tashlin Overview:

Director, Frank Tashlin, was born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein on Feb 19, 1913 in Weehawken, NJ. Tashlin died at the age of 59 on May 5, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA .

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From 1939 to 1941, Tashlin worked as an animator at Walt Disney Studios, although he never got screen credit for any of the work he did.

Introduced cinematic techniques to the animated cartoon, such as odd camera angles, montage and quickly paced editing (some shots lasting only five frames long).

Wrote and drew a syndicated comic strip between 1934 and 1938 based on his old boss from the Van Beuren animation studio, producer Amadee J. Van Beuren, called "Van Boring."

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