John Canemaker
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 28, 1943
- Movies
- 29
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.
Best-Known Movies
Frank and Ollie
1995
Walt & El Grupo
2008
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
Tyrus
2015
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
Cartoon Carnival
2021
Bottom's Dream
1984
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
Filmography
| 2021 | Cartoon Carnival | Self |
| 2015 | Tyrus | Self |
| 2012 | King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution | Self |
| 2010 | Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino | Self |
| 2010 | Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo | Himself |
| 2008 | Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 | Self |
| 2008 | Walt & El Grupo | Self |
| 2007 | Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 | Himself |
| 2006 | Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp | Self |
| 2005 | From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella | Self |
| 2005 | Cartoon Logic | Self |
| 2005 | The Art of Mary Blair | Self |
| 2001 | Celebrating Dumbo | Self |
| 2001 | Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All | Himself |
| 2000 | The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature | Self |
| 1995 | Frank and Ollie | Himself |
| 1990 | Earthday Birthday | (voice) |
| 1980 | Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method | (voice) |
| 1977 | Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat | Narrator |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2019 | Hands | Director |
| 2005 | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Director |
| 1998 | Bridgehampton | Director |
| 1986 | The John Lennon Sketchbook | Director |
| 1984 | Bottom's Dream | Director |
| 1979 | Confessions of a Stardreamer | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1977 | Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1976 | Remembering Winsor McCay | Producer, Director |
| 1974 | The 40s | Director |
| 1974 | Street Freaks | Director |
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