Director

John Canemaker

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew 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

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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.

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