Person

John Canemaker

Directing · Born 1943-05-28

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.

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  Cartoon Logic

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  Camera Three

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• Secrets of New York

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• Street Freaks

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• Confessions of a Stardreamer

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  Celebrating Dumbo

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• The John Lennon Sketchbook

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  Frank and Ollie

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  A Letter from the Western Front

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  Walt & El Grupo

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• 2021Cartoon CarnivalSelf
• 2019HandsDirector
• 2015TyrusSelf
• 2012King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes RevolutionSelf
• 2010Dalí & Disney: A Date with DestinoSelf
• 2010Taking Flight: The Making of DumboHimself
• 2009Chuck Jones: Memories of ChildhoodAnimation
• 2008Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930Self
• 2008Walt & El GrupoSelf
• 2007Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920Himself
• 2006Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the TrampSelf
• 2005From Rags to Riches: The Making of CinderellaSelf
• 2005Cartoon LogicSelf
• 2005Secrets of New YorkSelf
• 2005The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationDirector
• 2005The Art of Mary BlairSelf
• 2002ShadowplayThanks
• 2001Celebrating DumboSelf
• 2001Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them AllHimself
• 2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert FeatureSelf
• 1999A Letter from the Western FrontThanks
• 1998BridgehamptonDirector
• 1995Frank and OllieHimself
• 1990Earthday Birthday(voice)
• 1987Santabear's High Flying AdventureAnimation
• 1987Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th StreetAnimation
• 1986The John Lennon SketchbookDirector
• 1984Bottom's DreamDirector
• 1980Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method(voice)
• 1979Confessions of a StardreamerDirector
• 1977Otto Messmer and Felix the CatNarrator
• 1976Remembering Winsor McCayProducer
• 1974The 40sDirector
• 1974Street FreaksDirector
• —Felix the Cat Through the AgesHimself
• —Camera ThreeSelf/Host