John Canemaker
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.
10 directing credits · 21 acting credits
Directing · 10
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
The 40s
1974
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979
The John Lennon Sketchbook
1986
Hands
2019
Bottom's Dream
1984
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977
Remembering Winsor McCay
1976
Street Freaks
1974
Bridgehampton
1998
Acting · 21
Secrets of New York
2005
Camera Three
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Tyrus
2015
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010
Frank and Ollie
1995
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
The Art of Mary Blair
2005
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
Walt & El Grupo
2008
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
Cartoon Carnival
2021
Earthday Birthday
1990
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
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