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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.
As director
As actor
Cartoon Carnival
Tyrus
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Walt & El Grupo
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
The Art of Mary Blair
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Cartoon Logic
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Celebrating Dumbo
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Frank and Ollie
Earthday Birthday
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Felix the Cat Through the Ages