John Canemaker

Known for DirectingBorn 1943-05-28 (age 83)

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.Read more

Movies & web series

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

From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella

Celebrating Dumbo

A Letter from the Western Front

Street Freaks

Earthday Birthday

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

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Cartoon Logic

Shadowplay

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

Frank and Ollie

Bottom's Dream

Tyrus

Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Walt & El Grupo

Cartoon Carnival

Remembering Winsor McCay

Hands

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

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo

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

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

The Art of Mary Blair

Secrets of New York

Bridgehampton

The John Lennon Sketchbook

Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method

Confessions of a Stardreamer

Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat

The 40s

Camera Three

Felix the Cat Through the Ages