John Canemaker
Known for: Directing
Born: May 28, 1943
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 fathe…
Known for
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977
The Art of Mary Blair
2005
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010
Cartoon Logic
2005
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980
Walt & El Grupo
2008
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
Tyrus
2015
Frank and Ollie
1995
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006
Cartoon Carnival
2021
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
Earthday Birthday
1990
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
Camera Three
Secrets of New York
2005