05/28/1943
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 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.
|
Cartoon Carnival (2021) as Self |
|
Tyrus (2015) as Self |
|
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012) as Self |
|
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010) as Self |
|
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo (2010) as Himself |
|
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008) as Self |
|
Walt & El Grupo (2008) as Self |
|
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007) as Himself |
|
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp (2006) as Self |
|
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella (2005) as Self |
|
The Art of Mary Blair (2005) as Self |
|
Celebrating Dumbo (2001) as Self |
|
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001) as Himself |
|
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000) as Self |
|
Frank and Ollie (1995) as Himself |
|
Earthday Birthday (1990) as (voice) |
|
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method (1980) as (voice) |
|
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977) as Narrator |
|
|
Felix the Cat Through the Ages () as Himself |
