Animator Frank E. Abney III Explores Life After Loss in Short Film 'Canvas'

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🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Animator Frank E. Abney III, who worked on blockbuster films including Pixar's "Coco" and "Toy Story 4," makes his directorial debut with the new animated short film "Canvas" on Netflix. A meditation on grief, love and family, "Canvas" tells the story of a grandfather struggling to feel inspired after experiencing the death of a loved one. Abney, a Bay Area native now based in Los Angeles, was influenced by losses in his own life when writing the film, including losing his father when he was five years old. Abney joins us to talk about the film and his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.3	From KQED. Welcome back to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. The animated short film Canvas, now out on Netflix, is about a grandfather, a, who loses his will to paint after the death
0:55.6	of a loved one.
0:57.0	The film is the directorial debut of animator Frank E. Abney III, who worked on Pixar
1:02.0	hits like Toy Story 4 and Coco, among many others, and executive produced the Oscar-winning
1:07.4	short Hair Love.
1:09.3	In making canvas, Abney, who was born in Alameda and now lives in L.A., says he was influenced
1:14.6	by losses in his own life.
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1:32.3	Frank Abney, welcome to Forum.
1:34.3	Hi, thank you for having me.
1:36.3	Well, we really appreciate you being here, especially after seeing the lovely short animated film Canvas.
1:43.3	And it sounds like it was a personal project that's
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