Directing · Born May 28, 1943
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.
MovieCartoon Carnival
2021
as Self
MovieTyrus
2015
as Self
MovieKing-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012
as Self
MovieDalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
as Self
MovieTaking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010
as Himself
MovieForging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
as Self
MovieWalt & El Grupo
2008
as Self
MovieForging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
as Himself
MovieLady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006
as Self
MovieFrom Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
as Self
MovieCartoon Logic
2005
as Self
Secrets of New York
2005
as Self
MovieThe Art of Mary Blair
2005
as Self
MovieCelebrating Dumbo
2001
as Self
MovieDisney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
as Himself
MovieThe Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
as Self
MovieFrank and Ollie
1995
as Himself
MovieEarthday Birthday
1990
as (voice)
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980
as (voice)
MovieOtto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977
as Narrator
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
as Himself
TVCamera Three
as Self/Host
