Lee Mishkin

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. 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. On June 19, 2001, Mishkin died in his sleep of heart failure.

Filmography

Year Title Notes 1960 King Leonardo and His Short Subjects Layout Artist 1961-1962 Calvin and the Colonel Visual Adaptation - 12 episodes 1962 Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol Production Designer 1964-1965 The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo Character Designer - 7 episodes 1965 The New Three Stooges Layout Artist - 49 episodes 1966 The Super 6 Writer 1970 Why We Have Taxes, or The Town That Had No Policeman (short) Director 1970 Why People Have Laws, or Shiver, Gobble & Snore (short) Director 1970 How the First Letter Was Written (short) Director 1970 How the Elephant Got His Trunk (short) Director 1970 Is It Always Right to Be Right? (short) Director 1974 Butterfly Ball Director 1977 Halloween Is Grinch Night Animator 1978 Yogi's Space Race Animator 1979 The Little Rascals Christmas Special Animator 1981 Faeries ProducerWriterDirectorAnimator 1987 Bionic Six Director 1987 Sparky's Magic Piano Director 1990 Jetsons: The Movie Animator