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John Canemaker

John Canemaker

Born: 1943-05-28

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
Cartoon Carnival poster
Cartoon Carnival
2021 • Self
Tyrus poster
Tyrus
2015 • Self
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution poster
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012 • Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino poster
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010 • Self
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo poster
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010 • Himself
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 poster
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008 • Self
Walt & El Grupo poster
Walt & El Grupo
2008 • Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 poster
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007 • Himself
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp poster
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006 • Self
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella poster
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005 • Self
The Art of Mary Blair poster
The Art of Mary Blair
2005 • Self
Celebrating Dumbo poster
Celebrating Dumbo
2001 • Self
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All poster
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001 • Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature poster
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000 • Self
Frank and Ollie poster
Frank and Ollie
1995 • Himself
Earthday Birthday poster
Earthday Birthday
1990 • (voice)
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Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980 • (voice)
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat poster
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977 • Narrator
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Felix the Cat Through the Ages
— • Himself