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Michael Sporn

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.

Et billede af Michael Sporn

Directing

1977

[ ] Simple Gifts (Assistant Director)

1980

[ ] Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method (Director)

1981

[ ] Why We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for Me (Director)

1982

[ ] Morris's Disappearing Bag (Director)

1984

[ ] Doctor De Soto (Director)

1986

[ ] The Mysterious Tadpole (Director)

1987

[ ] Santabear's High Flying Adventure (Director)
[ ] The Amazing Bone (Director)
[ ] Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street (Director)

1988

[ ] Abel's Island (Director)
[ ] Max's Christmas (Director)

1989

[ ] The Hunting of the Snark (Director)
[ ] Baby's Storytime (Director)
[ ] What's Under My Bed? (Director)
[ ] The Story of the Dancing Frog (Director)

1990

[ ] The Red Shoes (Director)
[ ] The Marzipan Pig (Director)
[ ] The Little Match Girl (Director)
[ ] Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Director)
[ ] Earthday Birthday (Director)

1991

[ ] The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (Director)
[ ] Jazztime Tale (Director)
[ ] Max's Chocolate Chicken (Director)
[ ] Ira Sleeps Over (Director)

1992

[ ] Monty (Director)
[ ] Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems (Director)
[ ] Nightingale (Director)
[ ] Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (Director)
[ ] The Emperor's New Clothes (Director)
[ ] The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas (Director)
[ ] A Child's Garden of Verses (Director)

1993

[ ] The Talking Eggs (Director)
[ ] The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (Director)

1994

[ ] Whitewash (Director)

1995

[ ] The Land of the Four Winds (Director)

1996

[ ] Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments (Director)
[ ] Champagne (Director)

1997

[ ] White Fang (Director)

1999

[ ] Leo the Late Bloomer (Director)

2000

[ ] Yo! Yes? (Director)

2002

[ ] I, Crocodile (Director)
[ ] Mona Mon Amour (Director)
[ ] The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale (Director)

2004

[ ] Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (Director)

2005

[ ] The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Director)

2006

[ ] Reading to Your Bunny (Director)

Visual Effects

1975

[ ] The Changing Middle East (Animation)

1977

[ ] A Doonesbury Special (Animation)

1985

[ ] Made in China (Animation)

1986

[ ] The Mysterious Tadpole (Animation)

1987

[ ] The Amazing Bone (Animation)
[ ] Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street (Animation)

1988

[ ] Abel's Island (Animation)

1991

[ ] Ira Sleeps Over (Animation)

1996

[ ] Champagne (Animation)

1999

[ ] Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (Animation Director)

2000

[ ] Yo! Yes? (Animation)

Production

1984

[ ] Doctor De Soto (Producer)

1987

[ ] Santabear's High Flying Adventure (Producer)

1988

[ ] Abel's Island (Producer)

1989

[ ] The Story of the Dancing Frog (Producer)
[ ] What's Under My Bed? (Producer)

1990

[ ] The Marzipan Pig (Producer)
[ ] Earthday Birthday (Producer)
[ ] The Red Shoes (Producer)

1991

[ ] Jazztime Tale (Producer)
[ ] Ira Sleeps Over (Producer)

1992

[ ] A Child's Garden of Verses (Producer)

1994

[ ] Whitewash (Producer)

1996

[ ] Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments (Producer)
[ ] Champagne (Producer)

1997

[ ] White Fang (Producer)

2000

[ ] Yo! Yes? (Producer)

Writing

1980

[ ] Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method (Screenplay)

1987

[ ] Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street (Screenplay)

1988

[ ] Abel's Island (Screenplay)

1989

[ ] The Story of the Dancing Frog (Screenplay)

1991

[ ] Ira Sleeps Over (Adaptation)

1996

[ ] Champagne (Writer)

Crew

1991

[ ] The Adventures of the Maltese Cat (Thanks)

Actor

2007

[ ] Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (Himself)

2008

[ ] Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (Self)