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.
Filmography (21 titles)
5.7MovieCartoon Carnival
Self · 2021
7.1MovieTyrus
Self · 2015
MovieKing-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self · 2012
8.5MovieDalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Self · 2010
MovieTaking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Himself · 2010
MovieForging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Self · 2008
5.9MovieWalt & El Grupo
Self · 2008
MovieForging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Himself · 2007
10.0MovieLady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
Self · 2006
10.0MovieFrom Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Self · 2005
8.0MovieCartoon Logic
Self · 2005
Secrets of New York
Self · 2005
MovieThe Art of Mary Blair
Self · 2005
10.0MovieCelebrating Dumbo
Self · 2001
8.8MovieDisney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Himself · 2001
8.0MovieThe Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self · 2000
7.5MovieFrank and Ollie
Himself · 1995
9.0MovieEarthday Birthday
(voice) · 1990
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
(voice) · 1980
MovieOtto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Narrator · 1977
7.7ShowCamera Three
Self/Host ·