Happy birthday to John Canemaker who celebrated his 78th trip around the Sun today. Chances are that if you’re a regular reader of this site, you have at least one of his books about animation history ...

To honor Gertie the Dinosaur's 100th birthday, John Canemaker will recreate Winsor McCay's original vaudeville act at the Musuem of Modern Art tonight. Animation historian John Canemaker talks about ...

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 ...

Novices are told to write about what they know, but sometimes, material that's too personal creates its own kind of trap. So it is with "The Moon and the Son," John Canemaker's intensely ...

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs has often been hailed as the first full-length animated feature, but Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures Of Prince Achmed beat the Disney film to the screen by more than a ...

Few viewers would call this half-hour animated film a cartoon. John Canemaker uses hand-drawn animation to tell the personal and sensitive story of his difficult relationship with his father.

Larry Mantle and animation expert Charles Solomon talk with John Canemaker about his new book, Walt Disney's Nine Old Men (Hyperion), about the legendary group of artists who comprised Disney's early ...

The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation by John Canemaker examines the joyful creativity and charm of one of the top artists and designers at the Walt Disney Studios. Blair created the look ...

Animation: notes on a definition / Charles Solomon -- J. Stuart Blackton's animated films / Donald Crafton -- Winsor McCay's Little memo and How a mosquito operates / John Canemaker -- New dimensions ...

A 2017 Wexner Center for the Arts Artist Residency Award recipient, animator and filmmaker John Canemaker is set to give a talk Thursday at 7 p.m. … The Lantern is the independent, award-winning ...