John Canemaker
Biography
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.
Known For
Camera Three
Frank and Ollie
Cartoon Carnival
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Tyrus
Celebrating Dumbo
All Movies (20)
- Cartoon Carnival2021 · as Self
- Tyrus2015 · as Self
- King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution2012 · as Self
- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino2010 · as Self
- Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo2010 · as Himself
- Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-19302008 · as Self
- Walt & El Grupo2008 · as Self
- Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-19202007 · as Himself
- Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp2006 · as Self
- From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella2005 · as Self
- Cartoon Logic2005 · as Self
- The Art of Mary Blair2005 · as Self
- Celebrating Dumbo2001 · as Self
- Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All2001 · as Himself
- The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature2000 · as Self
- Frank and Ollie1995 · as Himself
- Earthday Birthday1990 · as (voice)
- Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method1980 · as (voice)
- Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat1977 · as Narrator
- Felix the Cat Through the Ages— · as Himself
All TV Shows (2)
- Secrets of New York2005 · as Himself
- Camera Three— · as Self/Host