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

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Cartoon Carnival

Self

Tyrus

Self

King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution

Self

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Self

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo

Himself

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

Self

Walt & El Grupo

Self

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

Himself

Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp

Self

From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella

Self

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Cartoon Logic

Self

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Secrets of New York

Himself

The Art of Mary Blair

Self

Celebrating Dumbo

Self

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

Himself

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Self

Frank and Ollie

Himself

Earthday Birthday

(voice)

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Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method

(voice)

Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat

Narrator

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Felix the Cat Through the Ages

Himself

Camera Three

Self/Host