John Canemaker Movies

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

Blending the animation of Chuck Jones’ original drawings, traditional documentary elements, and one of Jones’ most intimate interviews...

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

Documentary short from Felix the Cat Collector’s Edition DVD

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

An urban fable about a young street musician who finds competition for space to play his much a bit too tough, until he joins in the...

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

The essence of the 1940s, to the lively beat of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." A rapidly paced collage of the fads, fashions, and personalities of...