Acting credits
19
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Canemaker
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 26Series: 1Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 1122063
IMDb ID: nm0133866
Known for: Directing
Born: May 28, 1943
Age: 83
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1976 - 2021
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 7.48
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.
as Self
Cartoon Carnival
2021 • Movie
Director
Hands
2019 • Movie
as Self
Tyrus
2015 • Movie
as Self
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
2012 • Movie
as Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010 • Movie
as Himself
Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
2010 • Movie
Animation
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
2009 • Movie
as Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008 • Movie
as Self
Walt & El Grupo
2008 • Movie
as Himself
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007 • Movie
as Self
Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp
2006 • Movie
as Self
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005 • Movie
as Self
Cartoon Logic
2005 • Movie
Director
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005 • Movie
as Self
The Art of Mary Blair
2005 • Movie
Thanks
Shadowplay
2002 • Movie
as Self
Celebrating Dumbo
2001 • Movie
as Himself
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001 • Movie
as Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000 • Movie
Thanks
A Letter from the Western Front
1999 • Movie
as Himself
Frank and Ollie
1995 • Movie
as (voice)
Earthday Birthday
1990 • Movie
Animation
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
1987 • Movie
Director
Bottom's Dream
1984 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Canemaker.
