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John Canemaker

John Canemaker

Director · Born May 28, 1943

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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.

Directed 6

2010s

  1. 2019

    Hands

    Director

2000s

  1. 2005

    The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

    Director

1980s

  1. 1984

    Bottom's Dream

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Confessions of a Stardreamer

    Director

  2. 1977

    Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat

    Director

  3. 1976

    Remembering Winsor McCay

    Director

Visual effects 4

2000s

  1. 2009

    Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood

    Animation

1980s

  1. 1988

    You Don't Have to Die

    Animation

  2. 1987

    Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street

    Animation

1970s

  1. 1979

    Confessions of a Stardreamer

    Animation

Produced 3

1970s

  1. 1979

    Confessions of a Stardreamer

    Producer

  2. 1977

    Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat

    Producer

  3. 1976

    Remembering Winsor McCay

    Producer

Wrote 2

1970s

  1. 1979

    Confessions of a Stardreamer

    Screenplay

  2. 1977

    Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat

    Writer

Acted in 1

1990s

  1. 1990

    Earthday Birthday

    (voice)

Other crew 1

2000s

  1. 2000

    The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

    Creative Consultant

Edited 1

1970s

  1. 1976

    Remembering Winsor McCay

    Editor

Art department 1

1970s

  1. 1979

    Confessions of a Stardreamer

    Art Designer

Appearances18

2020s

  1. 2021

    Cartoon Carnival

    Self

2010s

  1. 2015

    Tyrus

    Self

  2. 2012

    King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution

    Self

  3. 2010

    Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

    Self

  4. Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo

    Himself

2000s

  1. 2008

    Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

    Self

  2. Walt & El Grupo

    Self

    60
  3. 2007

    Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

    Himself

  4. 2006

    Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp

    Self

  5. 2005

    From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella

    Self

  6. Cartoon Logic

    Self

  7. The Art of Mary Blair

    Self

  8. 2001

    Celebrating Dumbo

    Self

  9. Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

    Himself

  10. 2000

    The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

    Self

1970s

  1. 1977

    Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat

    Narrator

No release date

  1. Camera Three

    Self/Host · 1 episode

Thanked in the credits2

2000s

  1. 2002

    Shadowplay

    Thanks

1990s

  1. 1999

    A Letter from the Western Front

    Thanks