Animating a gif W/O using PIL - python-3.x

Question

I am currently trying to make life easier by having the code pull all the frames into my code and execute the animation. My current code is:
import time
from tkinter import *
import os
root = Tk()
imagelist = []
for file in os.listdir("MY-DIRECTORY"):
if file.endswith(".gif"):
imagelist.append(PhotoImage(file=str(os.path.join("MY-DIRECTORY", file))))
# extract width and height info
photo = PhotoImage(file=imagelist[0])
width = photo.width()
height = photo.height()
canvas = Canvas(width=width, height=height)
canvas.pack()
# create a list of image objects
giflist = []
for imagefile in imagelist:
photo = PhotoImage(file=imagefile)
giflist.append(photo)
# loop through the gif image objects for a while
for k in range(0, 1000):
for gif in giflist:
canvas.create_image(width / 2.0, height / 2.0, image=gif)
canvas.update()
time.sleep(0.1)
root.mainloop()
When I try to execute the file it gives me this error which I cannot make sense of.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Profile/Desktop/folder (2.22.2019)/animation2.py", line 21, in <module>
photo = PhotoImage(file=imagelist[0])
File "C:\Users\Profile\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 3545, in __init__
Image.__init__(self, 'photo', name, cnf, master, **kw)
File "C:\Users\Profile\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 3501, in __init__
self.tk.call(('image', 'create', imgtype, name,) + options)
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't open "pyimage1": no such file or directory
Note: I am adapting this code to fit my needs I did not write it.
I ran some print statements to verify the pyimage was being uploaded to the array but I cannot figure out why its saying there is no such file or directory if its already uploaded to the array. Can you all please shine some light.

Answer 1

I found that I was creating an unnecessary array of objects lower in the code. giflist[]. I ultimately resolved the issue by removing it and having the loop use the array that was created earlier in the code imagelist. The following code works now.
import time
from tkinter import *
import os
root = Tk()
imagelist = []
for file in os.listdir("My-Directory"):
if file.endswith(".gif"):
imagelist.append(PhotoImage(file=str(os.path.join("My-Directory", file))))
# Extract width and height info
photo = PhotoImage(file="My-Directory")
width = photo.width()
height = photo.height()
canvas = Canvas(width=width, height=height)
canvas.pack()
# Loop through the gif image objects for a while
for k in range(0, len(imagelist)):
for gif in imagelist:
canvas.create_image(width / 2.0, height / 2.0, image=gif)
canvas.update()
time.sleep(0.1)
root.mainloop()