John Canemaker

Explore John Canemaker's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

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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 (2021)
• Hands (2019)
• Tyrus (2015)
• King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012)
• Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010)
• Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo (2010)
• Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009)
• Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008)
• Walt & El Grupo (2008)
• Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007)
• Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp (2006)
• From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella (2005)
• Cartoon Logic (2005)
• She She She She's a Bombshell (2005)
• The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005)
• The Art of Mary Blair (2005)
• Shadowplay (2002)
• Celebrating Dumbo (2001)
• Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001)
• The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000)
• A Letter from the Western Front (1999)
• Bridgehampton (1998)
• Frank and Ollie (1995)
• Earthday Birthday (1990)
• You Don't Have to Die (1988)
• Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987)
• Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street (1987)
• The John Lennon Sketchbook (1986)
• Bottom's Dream (1984)
• Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method (1980)
• Confessions of a Stardreamer (1979)
• Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977)
• Remembering Winsor McCay (1976)
• The 40s (1974)
• Street Freaks (1974)
• Felix the Cat Through the Ages