
John Canemaker
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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.
Known for
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Cartoon Logic (2005)
as Self

Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp (2006)
as Self

Frank and Ollie (1995)
as Himself

Walt & El Grupo (2008)
as Self

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007)
as Himself

From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella (2005)
as Self

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000)
as Self

Earthday Birthday (1990)
as (voice)

Celebrating Dumbo (2001)
as Self

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001)
as Himself

Tyrus (2015)
as Self

Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977)
as Narrator

The Art of Mary Blair (2005)
as Self

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010)
as Self

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008)
as Self

Cartoon Carnival (2021)
as Self

King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012)
as Self

Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo (2010)
as Himself
Felix the Cat Through the Ages (—)
as Himself
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method (1980)
as (voice)



