Overview
Frank Thomas
Known For
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Documentary focusing on the making-of the 1940n adaptation of Pinocchio...
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
Film critic Joel Siegel gets together with a group of...
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
Using archival, never-before-released footage and newly shot interviews, this is...
Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
A look at the making of the classic 1981 Disney...
The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp
Making of featurette about the sequel to the beloved film.
Biography
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.