Paul Fierlinger

Paul Fierlinger (born 1936) is a creator of animated films and shorts. He is also a part-time lecturer at University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Image File history File links Paul_fierlinger. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Hot pants Japanese man wearing shorts. ... The University of Pennsylvania (or Penn[3][4]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Early life

Paul Fierlinger was born March 15, 1936 in Ashiya, Japan: the son of career Czechoslovakian diplomats. He spent the WWII years in the United States. At the age of twelve: while living in a boarding school in Podebrady, Czechoslovakia, Fierlinger created his first animated film by shooting drawings from his flipbook with a 16 mm Bolex camera. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Warning: Value not specified for common_name Motto: Czech: Pravda vítÄ›zí (Truth prevails; 1918-1989) Latin: Veritas Vincit (Truth prevails; 1989-1992) Anthem: Kde domov můj and Nad Tatrou sa blýska Capital Prague Language(s) Czech, Slovak Government Republic President  - 1918-1935 Tomáš Masaryk  - 1989-1992 V... ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... PodÄ›brady is a historical spa town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A flip book is a book with a series of pictures varying gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate, simulating motion or some other change. ... A Bolex H16 Reflex spring-wound clockwork16 mm camera Bolex is a Swiss company that manufactures motion picture cameras and lenses, the most notable products of which are in the 16 mm and Super 16 mm formats. ...

European Career

In 1955 he graduated from the Bechyne School of Applied Arts. After two years of military service, he freelanced in Prague, as a book illustrator and gag cartoonist for cultural periodicals under the pen name Fala. Fierlinger established himself in 1958 as Czechoslovakia’s first independent producer of animated films, providing 16 mm films from his home studio for Prague TV and the 16 mm division of Kratky Film. Thus, he created approximately 200 films, ranging from 10-second station breaks to 10-minute theatrical releases and TV children’s shorts. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A cartoonist at work. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1967, Fierlinger escaped from Czechoslovakia to Holland, where he pitched for a number of station breaks for Dutch television in Hilversum. He then went to Paris to work for a short stint as a spot animator for Radio Television France and ended up in Munich for half a year, having been offered the job of key animator on a feature film at Linda Films, The Conference of the Animals. In Munich, prior to his departure to the United States, he married a Czechoslovak compatriot and photographer, Helena Strakova. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 86. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich: St. ... An animator is one who is involved in the process of animation. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ...

Career in the United States & Founding of AR&T

He arrived in the United States in 1968 where he first worked for Universal Pictures as a documentary director of Prague, The Summer of Tanks. For a short period the Fierlingers lived in Burlington, Vermont to work for a local TV station: while in Vermont, their first son, Philip, was born. In 1969, the Fierlingers settled in Philadelphia, where he was hired by Concept Films to animate political commercials for Hubert Humphrey and other political candidates. In 1971, a second son, Peter was born. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and is the shire town of Chittenden County, Vermont. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Official language(s) None[1] Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area  Ranked 45th  - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 km²)  - Width 80 miles (130 km)  - Length 160 miles (260 km)  - % water 3. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor... Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Fierlinger formed AR&T Associates, Inc., his own animation house, in 1971. It produced animated segments for ABC’s Harry Reasoner specials and PBS’ Sesame Street, including the popular Teeny Little Super Guy series. Since 1971, AR&T has produced over 700 films, of which several hundred are television commercials. Many of these films received considerable recognition, including an Academy Award nomination for It’s so Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House. Other awards include Cine Golden Eagles, and "Best in Category" awards at festivals in many cities and countries. And Then I’ll Stop, a 1989 film on drug and alcohol abuse, has received more awards than any other of his films, including "First Prize" in Aspen, Colorado, and was selected for screening at MOMA’s New Films, New Directors series, and the London Royal Film Festival. At that time, Paul and Helena were divorced, and their two young adult sons moved to San Francisco to pursue their own careers in computer and multimedia productions. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Harry Reasoner (April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991) was an American journalist known for his use of language as a television commentator. ... The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States, with some member stations available by cable in Canada. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View south along Galena Street in downtown Aspen. ... General Electric GE90-115B fanblade, on display at MOMA. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A BlueGene supercomputer cabinet. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Second marriage & further career

Fierlinger became a steady provider of many TV commercials and sales films for US Healthcare (now Aetna), winning a variety of international awards. At this time he met and married Sandra Schuette, a fine arts painter at the Boston Museum of Art School and the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts. Together they developed a small series of interstitials for Nickelodeon called Amby & Dexter, a Sesame Street series called Alice Kadeezenberry, and a twenty-minute film of children’s songs for The Children’s Book of the Month Club, called Playtime. Aetna (Aetna Inc. ... Interstitial is a generic term for referring to the space between other structures or objects. ... Nickelodeon (Nick for short, formerly called Pinwheel; launched April 1, 1979) is a cable TV network primarily for children and pre-teens, but also features shows aimed towards teenagers in TEENick. ... Amby & Dexter is a small series of animated interstitials on Nickelodeon created by Paul Fierlinger and his wife Sandra Schuette. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

In 1993 Fierlinger received a commission from PBS’ American Playhouse to create a one-hour-long autobiography, called Drawn from Memory. This was completed and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995, and has since been televised worldwide. Drawn From Memory has received several major film festival awards, including a presentation by invitation at INPUT 96 in Guadalajara, Mexico. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... American Playhouse is a dramatic anthology television series presenting original movies on PBS. External links American Playhouse at The Internet Movie Database Categories: | | | | ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, Moscow, Venice, Berlin, and Toronto festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Roses Western Pearl Coordinates: Country Mexico State Jalisco Boroughs Guadalajara Zapopan Tlaquepaque Tonala Tlajomulco de Zuñiga Foundation 1542 Mayor Ernesto A. Espinosa Guarro Area    - City 187. ...

In 1997, Fierlinger received a PEW Fellowship in the Arts award for the body of his work.

In the late 1990s, ITVS, an agency of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, commissioned Fierlinger to create a half-hour PBS special called Still Life With Animated Dogs. This film, about dogs and other things of a divine nature, premiered on national feed March 29, 2001. The film went on to win "1st Prize" at the 2002 International Festival of Animation in Zagreb, and the Peabody Award in April, 2002. Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... ITVS Logo as of 2006 Independent Television Service (ITVS) is a service in the United States which funds and presents award-winning documentaries and dramas on public television, innovative new media projects on the Internet, and the weekly series Independent Lens on PBS. Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting... The Corporation for Public Broadcasting logo, used from 1969 to 2002. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Zagreb (pronounced: ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly referred to as the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

At the end of 1999, production on Still Life had to be interrupted for several months so that the Fierlingers could develop and begin the production of an animation series for Oxygen Network, Drawn from Life: two-minute films which feature the voices and simple stories of real life women. That series won the "Grand Prix of 2000" at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in Ottawa, Canada. Still Life with Animated Dogs won the Golden Gate Award in San Francisco, and represented the United States at INPUT 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For the womens television network see: Oh! Oxygen. ... Created in Ottawa, Canada in 1976, the Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2006. ... The Golden Gate Award is presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope Cape Town (Afrikaans, Dutch: Kaapstad; Xhosa: eKapa or SaseKapa), is one of South Africas three capital cities serving as the legislative capital (executive capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital). ...

In the early 2000s, the Fierlingers' animation was used on Independent Lens: Maggie Growls: a Biography of Maggie Kuhn, who established the Gray Panthers advocacy group in the 1970’s. This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Independent Lens is a weekly television show which airs on PBS distributed by ITVS. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by film makers who are taking creative risks or finding unusual stories to tell on film. ... Gray Panthers is an American organization promoting senior citizens rights, founded by Maggie Kuhn in 1970, in response to her forced retirement at age 65. ...

In October, 2003, the Fierlingers' completed another ITVS/PBS special called A Room Nearby. It premiered in November at the Margaret Meade Festival in New York City, and was aired on PBS in March, 2005. The 27-minute-long film illustrates five very different people, who tell personal stories about their bouts with loneliness and how they benefited from the experience: among the storytellers are Lynn Blue and Miloš Forman. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan Tomáš Forman (born February 18, 1932), better known as MiloÅ¡ Forman, is a film director, actor, screenwriter and professor. ...

In the fall of 2004, Fierlinger became a part-time lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, teaching an undergraduate and graduate course in 2D animation, called "Hand Drawn 2D computer Animation", and a freshman seminar, called "In Pursuit of Originality". The Fierlingers just began their own production of a feature-length film, called My Dog Tulip, based on the book of the same title by British author J. R. Ackerley. The film will feature the voice talents of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave and Isabella Rossellini.[1] They also continue to produce TV commercials. Paul and Sandra Fierlinger currently live and work out of their Wynnewood, Pennsylvania home and studio. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Pennsylvania (or Penn[3][4]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... J. R. Ackerley (November 4, 1896 - June 4, 1967, full name Joe Randolph Ackerley) was arts editor of The Listener, the arts publication of the BBC, from 1935 to 1959, and an important author in his own right. ... Christopher Plummer, CC (born Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer on December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian theatrical, film and television actor. ... Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (born 8 March 1943 in London) is an English actress born into the famous acting Redgrave family. ... Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born June 18, 1952 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian-Swedish actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and former supermodel. ... Wynnewood, Pennsylvania is a suburban community located outside of Philadelphia in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. ...

External links

• Paul Fierlinger's Website
• Paul Fierlinger at the Internet Movie Database
• LiveJournal thread with Fierlinger
• Article on life & animation
• "A Room Nearby" content
• "My Dog Tulip" content
• "Drawn from Memory" at the AWN store (description and DVD)
  • More detailed description of the film - older site (no DVD)