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Artist Profile: John Canemaker William MoritzJohn Canemaker received an MFA in film from New York University. Since 1973, he has produced a number of experimental and commercial films, including the Peabody Award-winning BREAK THE SILENCE: KIDS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE; the Academy Award®- winning YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE, a short film about a boy's battle with cancer; and JOHN LENNON SKETCHBOOK, a film commissioned by Yoko Ono. He also created an animation sequence for the film THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP. The author of six books and more than 100 articles on animation, Canemaker is currently the head of the animation program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Selected Filmography:
* Emmy Award winner Canemaker's films may be viewed at the study center of the Museum of Modern Art. John Canemaker e-mail: canemakr@play.cs.nyu.edu BibliographyNew York NexusElfriede! On the Road with Mrs Oskar Fischinger by John Canemaker Books by John Canemaker: Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists (Hyperion, 1996). Tex Avery: The MGM Years (Turner, 1996). Felix - The Twisted Tale of the World's Most Famous Cat (Pantheon 1993/Da Capo 1996). Winsor McCay - His Life and Art (Abbeville, 1987). Treasures of Disney Animation Art (Abbeville, 1982). The Animated Raggedy Ann & Andy (Bobbs Merrill Co. 1977). |