John Canemaker

John Canemaker

Born: May 28, 1943
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.

Movies for John Canemaker...

Cartoon Carnival
Title: Cartoon Carnival
Released: August 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-sound cartoons from obscurity and screen them to new, appreciative audiences.
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Cartoon Carnival
Title: Cartoon Carnival
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-sound cartoons from obscurity and screen them to new, appreciative audiences.
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Tyrus: The Tyrus Wong Story
Title: Tyrus: The Tyrus Wong Story
Character: Himself
Released: November 7, 2015
Type: Movie
The unlikely story of 106-year old Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong, and how he overcame poverty and racism in America to become a celebrated modernist painter, Hollywood sketch artist, and “Disney Legend” for his groundbreaking work on the classic animated film, Bambi.
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Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Title: Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2010
Type: Movie
The making of Dumbo (1941).
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Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Title: Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Released: November 3, 2008
Type: Movie
A documentary about the early days of animation.
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Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Title: Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Released: July 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about the early days of animation.
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Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
Title: Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
Character: Himself
Released: February 28, 2006
Type: Movie
A documentary on the making of Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp created for the 2006 Platinum DVD.
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From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Title: From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
Character: Self
Released: October 4, 2005
Type: Movie
The making of Cinderella (1950).
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The Art of Mary Blair
Title: The Art of Mary Blair
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Short Documentary on the art of Mary Blair: An extraordinary talented artist.
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Celebrating Dumbo
Title: Celebrating Dumbo
Released: October 23, 2001
Type: Movie
Bonus feature on the Dumbo DVD.
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Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Title: Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Released as a Bonus Feature for Disney's Platinum DVD Edition of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" this short documentary shows how this classic film came to life.
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The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Title: The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Character: Himself
Released: November 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia.
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Frank and Ollie
Title: Frank and Ollie
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of animation flowed from the pencils of two of the greatest animators The Walt Disney Company ever produced -- Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Frank and Ollie, the talent behind BAMBI, PINOCCHIO, LADY AND THE TRAMP, THE JUNGLE BOOK, and others, set the standard for such modern-day hits as THE LION KING. It was their creative genius that helped make Disney synonymous with brilliant animation, magnificent music, and emotional storytelling. Take a journey with these extraordinary artists as they share secrets, insights, and the inspiration behind some of the greatest animated movies the world has ever known!
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Earthday Birthday
Title: Earthday Birthday
Character: (voice)
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
After learning about pollution a group of creatures called Zwibble Dibbles, decide to throw a party for the Earth to raise awareness.
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Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
Title: Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
This educational science program features the story of Dr. Alfred Clothear and his discovery of how bears know when to sleep for the winter.
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Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Title: Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
Character: Narrator
Released: April 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Documentary short on cartoonist Otto Messmer, co-creator of Felix the Cat
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Title: Camera Three
Character: Self/Host
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Camera Three is an American variety show devoted to the arts. It ran on CBS from January 22, 1956 to January 21, 1979, and moved to PBS in its final year to make way for the then-new CBS News Sunday Morning. The PBS version ran from October 4, 1979 to July 10, 1980. Camera Three featured programs showcasing drama, ballet, art, music, anything involving fine arts. One of its most notable presentations was a condensation of Marc Blitzstein's leftist opera The Cradle Will Rock. Presented on November 29, 1964, it was a dramatic demonstration of how far television had come since its early days, in its willingness to present a work that surely would have been banned from the airwaves during the era of Joseph McCarthy.
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Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Title: Felix the Cat Through the Ages
Character: self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Documentary short from Felix the Cat Collector’s Edition DVD