Frank L. Anderson is an American animator, director, author, and musician. Anderson was born on Basilan Island and raised in Zamboanga City and Manila, the Philippines. At the age of 11 he moved to the town of Deerfield, Wisconsin with his family. By the age of 17 he was a musician playing pedal steel guitar in bars and beer halls around Wisconsin. In 1978 Anderson moved to San Francisco and worked as a West Coast musician for country western performers such as Rose Maddox. As a session musician in the 1990s for producer Butch Vig's Smart Studios he played accordion and pedal steel guitar on recordings for grunge and punk rock bands such as Killdozer and Paw. He has worked as a commercial Director/Animator since 1986. In 2006 he directed the critically acclaimed feature film, The Life of Reilly, based on the life of comedian Charles Nelson Reilly. Anderson also scored and animated the film. The Life of Reilly was Rotten Tomatoes best-reviewed film of 2007. Anderson is also the author of the history blog "Wisconsinology". 

January 19th, 1957 in Basilan Island (Age 67)