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  • John Canemaker
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  • John Canemaker is an American independent animator, animation historian, author, teacher and lecturer. In 1980, he began teaching and developing the animation program at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts', Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Department. Since 1988 he has directed the program and is currently a tenured full professor. From 2001-2002 he was Acting Chair of the NYU Undergraduate Film and Television Department. In 2006, his film The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, a 28-minute animated piece about Canemaker's relationship with his father, won the Academy Award for best animated short. In 2007 the same piece picked up an Emmy award for its graphic and artistic design.
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  • Early in his career, Canemaker worked as a freelance animator on many Sesame Street animated segments, under different producers and directors. For Derek Lamb, he animated the "Mad Goat Song." For Bruce Cayard, Canemaker animated "Scary Thing" and "Jungle Room" from 1974, and a slew of segments from 1980: "Me and My M," "Wash Your Hands," "Needle and Thread," "Sneeze," and "Hummingbird."
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Birthloc
  • Waverly, Pennsylvania, USA
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Role
  • Animator, Director, Screenwriter
Name
  • John Canemaker
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  • 1
Caption
  • Canemaker at the 78th Academy Awards
Birthdate
  • 1943-05-28
Nominations
  • 1
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  • John Canemaker is an American independent animator, animation historian, author, teacher and lecturer. In 1980, he began teaching and developing the animation program at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts', Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Department. Since 1988 he has directed the program and is currently a tenured full professor. From 2001-2002 he was Acting Chair of the NYU Undergraduate Film and Television Department. In 2006, his film The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, a 28-minute animated piece about Canemaker's relationship with his father, won the Academy Award for best animated short. In 2007 the same piece picked up an Emmy award for its graphic and artistic design.
  • Early in his career, Canemaker worked as a freelance animator on many Sesame Street animated segments, under different producers and directors. For Derek Lamb, he animated the "Mad Goat Song." For Bruce Cayard, Canemaker animated "Scary Thing" and "Jungle Room" from 1974, and a slew of segments from 1980: "Me and My M," "Wash Your Hands," "Needle and Thread," "Sneeze," and "Hummingbird." Canemaker also animated segments for Bob Keeshan's Captain Kangaroo and Paul Reubens' Pee-Wee's Playhouse. In 2006, he received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short, for his autobiographical film The Moon and the Son.
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