John Canemaker

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John Canemaker , actually John Cannizzaro Jr. , (born May 28, 1943 in Waverly , New York ) is an American animator and non-fiction author. He teaches animation at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University .

Life

Canemaker grew up in Elmira and was involved in animation films from an early age. He made his first animated film at the age of 15. He attended Notre Dame High School, which he graduated in 1961. He then went to New York City, studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and gained experience as a performer in off-Broadway plays and in two films as a stunt double for Dick Van Dyke . In 1965 he was drafted into the Army and served as a soldier in the Vietnam War until 1967 . From 1967 Canemaker continued to work on his acting career and appeared in more than 30 commercials by 1970. He enrolled at Marymount Manhattan College in 1971 and graduated in 1974 with a BA in Communication Studies. In 1976 he obtained a Master of Fine Arts in film from New York University .

A research assignment received during his studies in the newly opened Walt Disney Studios and Archives in 1973 led to further research in the field of animation film history. Canemaker began conducting interviews with the pioneers and greats of animation history and preserving their history for posterity. Among other things , he was able to conduct interviews with the Disney's Nine Old Men at Disney . Canemaker wrote numerous animation-related articles in magazines and produced two documentaries about animators in the 1970s: Remembering Winsor McCay - his MFA thesis at NYU - appeared in 1976, Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat the following year. Since 1977 Canemaker has also emerged as a non-fiction author in the field of animation film history.

From 1973 Canemaker himself was active as an animator and founded his own film studio with John Canemaker Productions in 1981. In addition to short animated films, which were honored with retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art in 1984 and 1998 and are now part of the MoMa's permanent collection, Canemaker also created works for feature films and television, for example, he was involved in and animated various animation sequences of Sesame Street (including Mad Goat Song ) a trick sequence in the feature film Garp and how he saw the world . His greatest success was the autobiographical short film The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation from 2005, for which he received an Oscar in 2006 .

Canemaker began teaching animation in 1980 as a lecturer at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He founded the animation program there, which he has directed since 1988; he is Professor of Animation at the Kanbar Institute.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1974: Greed
  • 1974: The 40's
  • 1975: Street Freaks
  • 1976: Remembering Winsor McCay
  • 1977: Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
  • 1978: Confessions of a Stardreamer
  • 1981: The Wizard's Son
  • 1983: Bottom's Dream
  • 1989: You Don't have to Die - animation only
  • 1991: Break the Silence: Kids Speak Out Against Abuse - animation only
  • 1993: Confessions of a Stand-Up
  • 1998: Bridgehampton
  • 2005: The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
  • 2008: Wonder Pets !, episode: Save the Pangaroo! / Save the Cricket! (TV series)
  • 2009: Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood - as a producer

Publications

  • The Animated Raggedy Ann and Andy. An Intimate Look at the Art of Animation. Its History, Techniques, and Artists. Designed by Jacques Chazaud. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis IN 1977, ISBN 0-672-52329-9 .
  • Introduction. In: Treasures of Disney Animation Art. Abbeville Press, New York NY 1982, ISBN 0-89660-031-9 .
  • Winsor McCay. His Life and Art. Abbeville Press, New York NY 1987, ISBN 0-89659-687-7 (Revised and expanded edition. Harry N. Abrams, New York NY 2005, ISBN 0-8109-5941-0 ).
  • Felix. The Twisted Tale of the World's Most Famous Cat. Pantheon Books, New York NY 1991, ISBN 0-679-72809-0 .
  • Tex Avery. The MGM Years, 1942-1955. Turner, Atlanta GA 1996, ISBN 1-57036-291-2 .
  • Before the animation begins. The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists. Hyperion, New York NY 1996, ISBN 0-7868-6152-5 .
  • Paper dreams. The Art & Artists of Disney Storyboards. Hyperion, New York NY 1999, ISBN 0-7868-6307-2 .
  • Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation. Disney Editions, New York NY 2001, ISBN 0-7868-6496-6 .
  • The Art and Flair of Mary Blair. An appreciation. Disney Editions, New York NY 2003, ISBN 0-7868-5391-3 .
  • Two Guys Named Joe. Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant and Joe Ranft. Disney Editions, New York NY 2010, ISBN 978-1-4231-1067-5 .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b See teaching on johncanemaker.org ( memento of the original from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / files.nyu.edu
  2. ↑ a b See biography on johncanemaker.com ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / files.nyu.edu
  3. ↑ See awn.com
  4. ↑ Portrait on filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu
personal data
SURNAME Canemaker, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cannizzaro, John junior (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American animator and non-fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Waverly , New York