John Canemaker Filmes

A documentary about the early days of animation.

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

Documentary short from Felix the Cat Collector’s Edition DVD

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

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

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