Acting credits
18
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Canemaker
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 25Series: 1Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 1122063
IMDb ID: nm0133866
Known for: Directing
Born: May 28, 1943
Age: 82
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1976 - 2021
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 7.5
Wikidata: Q1699538
Other jobs
Director (3)Animation (2)Thanks (2)Creative Consultant (1)Editor (1)Writer (1)
Biography
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Canemaker.
5.7
Cartoon Carnival
as Self
2021 Movie
Hands
Director
2019 Movie
7.1
Tyrus
as Self
2015 Movie
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
as Self
2012 Movie
8.5
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
as Self
2010 Movie
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
as Himself
2010 Movie
7.0
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Animation
2009 Movie
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
as Self
2008 Movie
5.9
Walt & El Grupo
as Self
2008 Movie
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
as Himself
2007 Movie
10.0
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
as Self
2006 Movie
10.0
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
as Self
2005 Movie
6.3
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Director
2005 Movie
The Art of Mary Blair
as Self
2005 Movie
Shadowplay
Thanks
2002 Movie
Celebrating Dumbo
as Self
2001 Movie
9.0
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
as Himself
2001 Movie
8.0
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
as Self
2000 Movie
A Letter from the Western Front
Thanks
1999 Movie
7.5
Frank and Ollie
as Himself
1995 Movie
Earthday Birthday
as (voice)
1990 Movie
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
Animation
1987 Movie
5.0
Bottom's Dream
Director
1984 Movie
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
as Narrator
1977 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Canemaker.
