Known For
Directing
Born
May 28, 1943
Credits
37 titles
John Canemaker
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 animation storytelling. Canemaker is also a noted author who has written nine books on animation, as well as numerous essays, articles and monographs for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
Known For
Filmography
Cartoon Carnival
Self
Hands
Director
Tyrus
Self
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Self
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Himself
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Animation
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Self
Walt & El Grupo
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Himself
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
Self
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Self
Cartoon Logic
Self
She She She She's a Bombshell
Thanks
Secrets of New York
Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Director
The Art of Mary Blair
Self
Shadowplay
Thanks
Celebrating Dumbo
Self
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self
A Letter from the Western Front
Thanks
Bridgehampton
Director
Frank and Ollie
Himself
Earthday Birthday
(voice)
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Animation
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
Animation
The John Lennon Sketchbook
Director
Bottom's Dream
Director
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
(voice)
Confessions of a Stardreamer
Director
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Narrator
Remembering Winsor McCay
Editor
Street Freaks
Director
The 40s
Director
Camera Three
Self/Host
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Himself