Bio:

Born in Brooklyn, New York Christopher Conforti began drawing at an
early age, mostly dinosaurs. He later moved to Wellington, Florida
and began taking drawing and painting lessons at the Zolet Arts
Academy. While studying visual arts, Chris showed an interest for
animation, and after watching a special on television showing
animators flipping their drawings, Chris began making flip cartoons
out of notepads. He later attended the Dreyfoos High School of the
Arts and was introduced to stop-motion animation through one of his
sculpture classes. Chris and his friends then founded FMC Productions
(Fred, Marc, and Chris) and made stop-motion films with action
figures to coincide with book reports, though they usually had little
to do with the books. Before graduating Chris made two more films,
one of which, Going Places won 1st Place in a student video
competition at the Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art. After
high school, Chris moved back to New York City to study traditional
animation at the School of Visual Arts. There, Chris made two films,
Concrete Calamity and Frog which has won numerous awards including a
Student Academy Award and has screened in over a dozen festivals
worldwide. Conforti now lives in Brooklyn again and is currently an
animator for Little Airplane Productions.

Filmography/Awards Info:






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Frog directed by Chris Conforti USA, Animation, 2004, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:52 In an attempt to escape the heat, a frog finds himself in more trouble than he bargained for.... more info

Compilations containing Frog
	Commercial DVD Avoid Eye Contact Volume II (MC-519) Best of NYC Independent Animation	2005	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store

None of this person's films have ever been screened

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