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May 28, 1943 Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States 81 years old
American animator
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About John Canemaker
- John Cannizzaro Jr.
- (born 1943), better known as John Canemaker, is an American independent animator, animation historian, author, teacher and lecturer.
- In 1980, he began teaching and developing the animation program at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts', Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Department.
- Since 1988 he has directed the program and is currently a tenured full professor.
- From 2001-2002 he was Acting Chair of the NYU Undergraduate Film and Television Department.
- In 2006, his film The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, a 28-minute animated piece about Canemaker's relationship with his father, won the Academy Award for best animated short.
- In 2007 the same piece picked up an Emmy award for its graphic and artistic design.
