John Canemaker
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.
Acted in
Cartoon Carnival
2021
as Self
Tyrus: The Tyrus Wong Story
2015
as Himself
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
as Himself
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010
as Himself
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
as Himself
Walt & El Grupo
2008
as Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
as Himself
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006
as Self
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
as Self
Secrets of New York
2005
as Himself
The Art of Mary Blair
2005
as Self
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
as Himself
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
as Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
as Self
Frank and Ollie
1995
as Himself
Earthday Birthday
1990
as (voice)
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980
as (voice)
Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
1977
as Narrator
Felix the Cat Through the Ages
as Himself
Camera Three
as Self/Host