Frank Dietz

ACTOR, ANIMATION_DEPARTMENT, WRITER

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29th May 2022 | FlixCatalog Staff

Inspired at age 6 by a viewing of Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Frank Dietz has found success in the film industry as a writer, producer, director, actor and animator. Frank grew up on Long Island, N.Y, and then attended the State University at Oswego, where he majored in theatre and art. He starred in a series of now-cult low-budget horror films like Zombie Nightmare (1987) , Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987) , Black Roses (1988) and The Jitters (1989) . Bitten by the film bug, Frank then moved to Los Angeles, where his screenwriting career began. He wrote the scripts for many independent features, including Naked Souls (1996) , Cold Harvest (1999) and the Magic in the Mirror (1996) series. In 1996, Frank returned to his artistic roots and joined Walt Disney Studios as an animation artist. His work can be seen in such films as Hercules (1997) , Mulan (1998) , Tarzan (1999) , Fantasia 2000 (1999) ,Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) , Treasure Planet (2002) and Home on the Range (2004) . During this period Frank created the Sketchy Things series of classic monster sketchbooks, which became extremely popular with genre fans. In 2007 and 2008, Frank was awarded the very first Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for "Artist Of The Year." In 2009 he joined Larry Blamire's Bantam Street troupe, and appeared in The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2009) and Dark and Stormy Night (2009) , which was produced by Trish Geiger. In 2011, Frank and Trish teamed up to create Benevolent Monster Productions. Their first project as co-directors and producers was Beast Wishes (2012) - The Fantastic World of Bob and Kathy Burns. That documentary went on to win multiple awards, including the Rondo Hatton Award for "Best Documentary." The following year they produced a comedy short called A Zombie Next Door (2014) . They recently finished a documentary about the legacy of King Kong, entitled Long Live the King (2016) , which has already won some "Best Documentary" awards. Now available to rent or buy from Amazon.com. Listen to Frank on his podcast, Damn Dirty Geeks, where he discusses all kinds of cool Monster Kid stuff with his industry colleagues. It's laugh out loud fun! In 2017 the comedy We Hate Kids (2019) was completed, written by Frank and Todd Traina and directed by John Asher. The film stars Tom Everett Scott, Marisa Tomei, Tituss Burgess, Rhea Seehorn, Rachel Boston, Julie Ann Emery and Arden Myrin. In 2020 Frank joined the Creepshow (2019) television series as a writer for season 2. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Sketchy Things, Inc.

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Frank Dietz’s flixes, followed by Amazon Prime Video compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Frank Dietz on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1996 to 2020. See the full graphs of the number of Frank Dietz movies released per year from 1996 till 2020.

Top Genres

Frank Dietz works mostly in Comedy Genre followed by Documentary Genre flixes. 30% of Frank Dietz movies are Comedy Genre movies. See Top Genres that Frank Dietz worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Frank Dietz has worked on is 5.8.

5.8 / 10

Frank Dietz's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

A feature documentary about the enduring appeal of the character King Kong, and how he has inspired so many of the great filmmakers and artists since 1933.

7.4/1066 min

Available in 7 platform(s).

Jerranium 90, a "little rock" that made all the papers, is buried deep within the Amazon. And everybody wants it, including crooked importer Handscomb Draile, slimy Gondreau Slykes, cheap ...

6.8/1092 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Adventure,Comedy,Family
Magic in the Mirror (1996)

A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.

5.6/1085 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Adventure,Comedy
I Hate Kids (2019)

Nick, writer of "I Hate Kids", is getting married when 13 y.o. Mason claims to be his son. A psychic and DNA tests prove it. Mason was adopted and doesn't know his real mom. Nick and co. visit all his girlfriends/flings 14 years ago.

5.1/1089 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Jeff meets up with a woman named Angela with whom he raised hell in high school when he attends his class reunion. She has become obsessed with 'the rush' of being spontaneous and wants ...

4.3/1097 min

Available in 3 platform(s).