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
1975
Secrets of New York
2007
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
2009
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
The 40s
1974
The John Lennon Sketchbook
1986
Street Freaks
1974
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
Confessions of a Stardreamer
1979
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
22
Directing
10
Writing
2
Producing
3
Editing
1
Art
2
Visual Effects
5
Crew
4