John Canemaker Movies

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,...

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.

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

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...

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...

A lyrical and personal study of Canemaker's Long Island garden through the seasons, based on paintings, to an original jazz score by Fred Hersch.

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

Bonus feature on the Dumbo DVD.

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

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

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

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

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

Documentary short from Felix the Cat Collector’s Edition DVD