DIRECTOR BIO:
Fran Krause was born in Utica, New York. At fifteen he enrolled in night classes at the Munson Williams-Proctor Institute, where he was allowed to hang out with college kids and draw naked ladies. At eighteen he shipped off to Providence, Rhode Island, to attend the Rhode Island School of Design. After graduation he moved to New York City. Then he moved back to Providence. Then he moved back to New York. All for cartoons. He currently teaches animation at Pratt Institute and Mercy College and works as a commercial and freelance animator.


DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY:

-The Cookie Jar (1996)
-The Deadly Sausage (1996)
-The Package (1996)
-Motor City (1996)
-Hum (1997)
-8 Pieces (1997)
-Loom (1997)
-Captain Old's Adventures in Mumbleland (1998)
-Mister Smile (1999)*Included on "Avoid Eye Contact Vol 1"
-Utica Cartoon (2001)
-Asifa Festival Film (2002)
-The Box Factory (2003)*Included on "Avoid Eye Contact Vol 1"
-Moonraker (2004)*Included on "Avoid Eye Contact Vol 2"



To contact Fran Krause, please write to frankrause@hotmail.com
Or go to his personal website, located at www.frankrause.com.