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 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
Camera Three
Self/Host
Cartoon Logic
Self
Frank and Ollie
Himself
Walt & El Grupo
Self
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Self
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Himself
Earthday Birthday
(voice)
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Himself
Tyrus
Self
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Narrator
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Self
Cartoon Carnival
Self
Celebrating Dumbo
Self
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Himself
The Art of Mary Blair
Self