John Canemaker
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday28 May 1943 (83 years old)
Known credits38
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 father/son relationship, The Moon and the Son marked a personal and professional breakthrough in animatio…
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
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005 · Self
Cartoon Logic
2005 · Self
She She She She's a Bombshell
2005 · Thanks
Secrets of New York
2005 · Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005 · Director
The Art of Mary Blair
2005 · Self
Shadowplay
2002 · Thanks
Celebrating Dumbo
2001 · Self
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001 · Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000 · Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000 · Creative Consultant
A Letter from the Western Front
1999 · Thanks
Bridgehampton
1998 · Director
Frank and Ollie
1995 · Himself
Earthday Birthday
1990 · (voice)
You Don't Have to Die
1988 · Animation
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987 · Animation
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
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
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979 · Screenplay
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979 · Producer
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979 · Art Designer
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979 · Animation
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977 · Narrator
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977 · Writer
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977 · Director
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977 · Producer
Remembering Winsor McCay
1976 · Editor
Remembering Winsor McCay
1976 · Producer
Remembering Winsor McCay
1976 · Director
The 40s
1974 · Director
The 40s
1974 · Art Designer
Street Freaks
1974 · Director
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Himself
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