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Frank Stauffacher

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Name
  
Frank Stauffacher

Role
  
Filmmaker

Siblings
  
Jack Stauffacher


Died
  
July 24, 1955, San Francisco, California, United States

Spouse
  
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon (m. 1948–1955)

Movies
  
Notes on the Port of St. Francis, The Adventures of Jimmy, Mother’s Day

Similar People
  
Jack Stauffacher, James Broughton, Robert Louis Stevenson, Vincent Price

Frank Stauffacher (1917 - 24 July 1955, San Francisco, California) was an experimental filmmaker best known for directing the cinema series "Art in Cinema" at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from 1946 to 1954. He was the cinematographer for Mother's Day (1948) and Adventures of Jimmy (1950), two films by James Broughton. His brother, Jack Stauffacher, is a well-known printer and typeface creator. On December 18, 2013, Notes on the Port of St. Francis was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.

From November 1948 until his death at age 38 from a brain tumor, Stauffacher was married to graphic artist Barbara Stauffacher Solomon.

Selected filmography

  • Sausalito (1948) impressionistic film of Sausalito, California
  • Zigzag (1948) color film of neon signs
  • Notes on the Port of St. Francis (1951) with narration by Robert Louis Stevenson read by Vincent Price
  • References

    Frank Stauffacher Wikipedia