Fred Burns, Instructor

Fred Burns
Contact Info:
Office Location:  104 Crowell Building
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Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • FVD 135S.01, FILM ANIMATION PRODUC Synopsis
    Smith 101, MW 10:05 AM-11:50 AM
  • FVD 160S.01, SP TOP: FILM & DIG VID PROD Synopsis
    Smith 101, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • ARTSVIS 169S.02, SPECIAL TOPICS IN VISUAL ARTS
    Smith 101, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • DOCST 190S.05, SPECIAL TOPICS IN DOC STUDIES
    Smith 101, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
Teaching (Spring 2010):

  • FVD 120.01, ANIMATED FILM Synopsis
    Carr 103, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • ISIS 120.07, SPECIAL TOPICS IN ISIS Synopsis
    Carr 103, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • ARTSVIS 170.01, TOPICS IN VISUAL ARTS
    Carr 103, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
  • VISUALST 190.04, TOPICS IN VISUAL STUDIES
    Carr 103, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
Specialties:

Production - Animation
Fred Burns has taught FILM ANIMATION PRODUCTION (FVD 135S), INTERMEDIATE FILM ANIMATION PRODUCTION (FVD 151S) and INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION (FVD 130S) courses at Duke as an Adjunct Professor since 1986. Duke has a rare film animation Oxberry Camera in Bryan Center for the students to use in photographing their hand-prepared images for their animation projects. Fred won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his animation, “ A Soldier’s Tale.” His former students have made careers at Dreamworks and Pixar in California.