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 The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1 ...

in 1970. He was the founder of the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (

VanArts Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) is a private post-secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which was founded in 1995. VanArts offers one-year diploma programs for the visual, media and performing arts plus degr ...

), 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 The National Student Film Institute (NSFI), formerly the Los Angeles Student Film Institute (LASFI), was founded in 1978 by Brenda Norman, Dave Master, Jutti Marsh and Ralph Rogers as a festival for films made by children from kindergarten through n ...

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

Filmography

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External links

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishkin, Lee 1927 births 2001 deaths American animators American film directors American animated film directors Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners