Movies: John Canemaker

Bonus feature on the Dumbo DVD....

The making of Cinderella (1950)....

Focuses on how the legend of animation, Tex Avery, revolutionized cartoons....

The unlikely story of 106-year old Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong, and how he overcame poverty and racism in America to become a celebrated modernist painter, Hollywood sketch artist, and “Disney Legend” for his groundbreaking work on the classic...

The life and career of the great cartoonist Winsor McCay is warmly recalled by his former film assistant, John Fitzsimmons, with clips of classic McCay animated films....

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-sound cartoons from obscurity and screen them to new, appreciative audiences....

It's Christmas Eve and all the children around the world are asleep and dreaming of the toys that Santa Claus will bring - except at the South Pole, where they've never celebrated Christmas. This year Santa Claus asks Santabear to deliver his toys to...

The Primm family moves into an old brownstone house on East 88th Street, where they find a crocodile named Lyle in their bathtub....

Blending the animation of Chuck Jones’ original drawings, traditional documentary elements, and one of Jones’ most intimate interviews before his death in 2002, this biography imaginatively brings to life the complicated and difficult childhood of t...

A stop-motion film, written, animated, & directed by Dan Blank....

The making of Dumbo (1941)....

Short Documentary on the art of Mary Blair: An extraordinary talented artist....

After learning about pollution a group of creatures called Zwibble Dibbles, decide to throw a party for the Earth to raise awareness....

Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia....

Documentary short on cartoonist Otto Messmer, co-creator of Felix the Cat...

A documentary about the early days of animation....

In Belleau Wood, France, during the Great War, a soldier named John writes a letter home to his wife Sara in Milwaukee. He writes that her picture "helps me remember what it was like to be me." He tells her about sorties into No Man's Land, and that ...

This educational science program features the story of Dr. Alfred Clothear and his discovery of how bears know when to sleep for the winter....

A documentary about the early days of animation....

The year was 1941, and the world was on the brink of war. In an effort to improve relations between the Americas, the Roosevelt administration called upon one of Hollywood’s most influential filmmakers to embark on a special goodwill tour. Written an...