John Canemaker
Directing
Born: 1943-05-28
Biography
John Canemaker has won an Academy Award, an Emmy and a Peabody Award for his animation and is an internationally-renowned animation historian and teacher. A key figure in American independent animation, Canemaker’s work has a distinctive personal style emphasizing emotion, personality and dynamic visual expression. His film, The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, won an Oscar in 2005 for Best Animated Short, as well as an Emmy. A 28-minute autobiographical essay about a troubled fathe
🎬 Movies (30)
Cartoon Carnival
2021
Self
Hands
2019
Director
Tyrus
2015
Self
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012
Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
Self
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010
Himself
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
2009
Animation
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
Self
Walt & El Grupo
2008
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
Himself
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006
Self
The Art of Mary Blair
2005
Self
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
Self
Cartoon Logic
2005
Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
Director
Shadowplay
2002
Thanks
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
Himself
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
Self
A Letter from the Western Front
1999
Thanks
Bridgehampton
1998
Director
Frank and Ollie
1995
Himself
Earthday Birthday
1990
(voice)
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
1987
Animation
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987
Animation
The John Lennon Sketchbook
1986
Director
Bottom's Dream
1984
Director
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980
(voice)
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979
Director
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977
Director