John Canemaker Movies

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

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

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...

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,...

Bonus feature on the Dumbo DVD.

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

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

The film follows Wing Biddlebaum, a lonely former schoolteacher whose “hands” led to a scandal that drove him from his previous town and...

A young boy's successful battle against cancer and his subsequent efforts to help other children overcome their fears of the illness.

Documentary short from Felix the Cat Collector’s Edition DVD

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue...

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

The short takes as its inspiration Bottom's contemplation on the "dream" he has experienced in the middle acts of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer...

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