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Director
Michael Sporn
- Born April 23, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA
- Died January 19, 2014
Michael Sporn was an American animator who founded his New York City-based company, Michael Sporn Animation in 1980, alongside producing and directing numerous short spots alongside television specials, the majority notable for being literary adaptations. Sporn was nominated for an Oscar in 1984 and an Emmy in 1988 for adaptations of two books by William Steig.
Known for
Courage the Cowardly Dog1999
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers2005
White Fang1997
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales1999
A Doonesbury Special1978
Doctor De Soto1984
Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments1996
Abel's Island1988
Filmography
- 2008Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930FilmSelf
- 2007Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920FilmHimself
- 2006Reading to Your BunnyFilmDirector
- 2005The Man Who Walked Between the TowersFilmDirector
- 2004Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of MeFilmDirector
- 2004'Twas the Night - A Holiday CelebrationFilmAnimation Director
- 2002The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse TaleFilmDirector
- 2002I, CrocodileFilmDirector
- 2002Mona Mon AmourFilmDirector
- 2000Yo! Yes?FilmProducer, Director, Animation
- 1999Courage the Cowardly DogSeriesWriter
- 1999Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime TalesFilmAnimation Director
- 1999Leo the Late BloomerFilmDirector
- 1997White FangFilmDirector, Producer
- 1996Children's Classics - The Ten CommandmentsFilmDirector, Producer
- 1996ChampagneFilmAnimation, Producer, Director, Writer
- 1995The Land of the Four WindsFilmDirector
- 1994WhitewashFilmDirector, Producer
- 1993The Talking EggsFilmDirector
- 1993The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas TaleFilmDirector
- 1992The Poky Little Puppy's First ChristmasFilmDirector
- 1992MontyFilmDirector
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: PoemsFilmDirector
- 1992NightingaleFilmDirector
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery RhymesFilmDirector
- 1992The Emperor's New ClothesFilmDirector
- 1992A Child's Garden of VersesFilmDirector, Producer
- 1991Jazztime TaleFilmDirector, Producer
- 1991Ira Sleeps OverFilmAdaptation, Producer, Director, Animation
- 1991The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the WashFilmDirector
- 1991Max's Chocolate ChickenFilmDirector
- 1991The Adventures of the Maltese CatFilmThanks
- 1990The Marzipan PigFilmDirector, Producer
- 1990The Little Match GirlFilmDirector
- 1990The Red ShoesFilmDirector, Producer
- 1990Mike Mulligan and His Steam ShovelFilmDirector
- 1990Earthday BirthdayFilmDirector, Producer
- 1989The Story of the Dancing FrogFilmProducer, Screenplay, Director
- 1989The Hunting of the SnarkFilmDirector
- 1989Baby's StorytimeFilmDirector
- 1989What's Under My Bed?FilmDirector, Producer
- 1988Abel's IslandFilmProducer, Screenplay, Animation, Director
- 1988Max's ChristmasFilmDirector
- 1987Santabear's High Flying AdventureFilmDirector, Producer
- 1987Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th StreetFilmScreenplay, Animation, Director
- 1987The Amazing BoneFilmAnimation, Director
- 1986The Mysterious TadpoleFilmDirector, Animation
- 1985Made in ChinaFilmAnimation
- 1984Doctor De SotoFilmDirector, Producer
- 1982Morris's Disappearing BagFilmDirector
- 1981Why We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for MeFilmDirector
- 1980Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific MethodFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1979Confessions of a StardreamerFilmThanks
- 1978A Doonesbury SpecialFilmAnimation
- 1977Simple GiftsFilmAssistant Director
- 1975The Changing Middle EastFilmAnimation