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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 America…
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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.
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2021
Cartoon Carnival
Movie Self
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2019
Hands
Movie Director
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2015
Tyrus
Movie Self
- 2012
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2010
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Movie Self
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2010
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Movie Himself
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2009
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Movie Animation
- 2008
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2008
Walt & El Grupo
Movie Self
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2007
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Movie Himself
- 2006
- 2005
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2005
Cartoon Logic
Movie Self
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2005
She She She She's a Bombshell
Movie Thanks
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2005
Secrets of New York
TV show Self
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2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Movie Director
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2005
The Art of Mary Blair
Movie Self
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2002
Shadowplay
Movie Thanks
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2001
Celebrating Dumbo
Movie Self
- 2001
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2000
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Movie Self
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1999
A Letter from the Western Front
Movie Thanks
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1998
Bridgehampton
Movie Director
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1995
Frank and Ollie
Movie Himself
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1990
Earthday Birthday
Movie (voice)
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1988
You Don't Have to Die
Movie Animation
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1987
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Movie Animation
- 1987
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1986
The John Lennon Sketchbook
Movie Director
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1984
Bottom's Dream
Movie Director
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1980
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
Movie (voice)
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1979
Confessions of a Stardreamer
Movie Director
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1977
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Movie Narrator
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1976
Remembering Winsor McCay
Movie Editor
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1974
The 40s
Movie Director
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1974
Street Freaks
Movie Director
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Camera Three
TV show Self/Host
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Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Movie Himself
