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.
Known For
Credits
- 2005 ·Secrets of New Yorkas Himself
- Future ·Camera Threeas Self/Host
- 2021 ·Cartoon Carnivalas Self
- 2015 ·Tyrus: The Tyrus Wong Storyas Himself
- 2010 ·Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destinoas Himself
- 2010 ·Taking Flight: The Making of Dumboas Himself
- 2008 ·Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930as Himself
- 2008 ·Walt & El Grupoas Self
- 2007 ·Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920as Himself
- 2006 ·Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Trampas Self
- 2005 ·From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderellaas Self
- 2005 ·The Art of Mary Blairas Self
- 2001 ·Celebrating Dumboas Himself
- 2001 ·Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them Allas Himself
- 2000 ·The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Featureas Self
- 1995 ·Frank and Ollieas Himself
- 1990 ·Earthday Birthdayas (voice)
- 1980 ·Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Methodas (voice)
- Future ·Felix the Cat Through the Agesas Himself
- 1977 ·Otto Messmer and Felix the Catas Narrator