About Lee Mishkin
Lee Mishkin was a notable figure. Mishkin died in 2001 at the age of 74.
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|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 in 1970. He was the founder of the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts), 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. On June 19, 2001, Mishkin died in his sleep of heart failure.
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