John Canemaker
Directing
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.
Filmography
Cartoon Carnival
2021 · Movie
Hands
2019 · Movie
Tyrus
2015 · Movie
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012 · Movie
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010 · Movie
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010 · Movie
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
2009 · Movie
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008 · Movie
Walt & El Grupo
2008 · Movie
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007 · Movie
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006 · Movie
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005 · Movie
Cartoon Logic
2005 · Movie
She She She She's a Bombshell
2005 · Movie
Secrets of New York
2005 · Series
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005 · Movie
The Art of Mary Blair
2005 · Movie
Shadowplay
2002 · Movie
Celebrating Dumbo
2001 · Movie
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001 · Movie
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000 · Movie
A Letter from the Western Front
1999 · Movie
Bridgehampton
1998 · Movie
Frank and Ollie
1995 · Movie
Earthday Birthday
1990 · Movie
You Don't Have to Die
1988 · Movie
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987 · Movie
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
1987 · Movie
The John Lennon Sketchbook
1986 · Movie
Bottom's Dream
1984 · Movie
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980 · Movie
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979 · Movie
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977 · Movie
Remembering Winsor McCay
1976 · Movie
The 40s
1974 · Movie
Street Freaks
1974 · Movie
Camera Three
Series
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Movie