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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.


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Born:
May 28, 1943
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Latest Project:
Movie Cartoon Carnival 2021-08-01
Known For
Poster of Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Poster of From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Poster of Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
Poster of Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Filmography
Movie Felix the Cat Through the Ages Himself 2025
Series Camera Three Self/Host 2025
Movie Cartoon Carnival Self 2021-08-01
Movie Tyrus: The Tyrus Wong Story Himself 2015-11-07
Movie Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino Himself 2010-10-30
Movie Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo Himself 2010-03-22
Movie Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 Himself 2008-11-03
Movie Walt & El Grupo Self 2008-09-08
Movie Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 Himself 2007-07-30
Movie Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp Self 2006-02-28
Series Secrets of New York Himself 2005-02-02
Movie From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella Self 2005-10-04
Movie The Art of Mary Blair Self 2005-01-01
Movie Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All Himself 2001-10-09
Movie Celebrating Dumbo Himself 2001-10-23
Movie The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature Self 2000-11-14
Movie Frank and Ollie Himself 1995-10-20
Movie Earthday Birthday (voice) 1990-04-22
Movie Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method (voice) 1980-01-01
Movie Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat Narrator 1977-04-11