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Michael Sporn

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.

On screen

  • Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
  • Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

Behind the camera

  • Reading to Your Bunny
  • The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
  • Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
  • I, Crocodile
  • Mona Mon Amour
  • The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale
  • Yo! Yes?
  • Leo the Late Bloomer
  • White Fang
  • Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments
  • Champagne
  • Whitewash
  • The Talking Eggs
  • The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
  • Monty
  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
  • Nightingale
  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
  • A Child's Garden of Verses
  • The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
  • Jazztime Tale
  • Max's Chocolate Chicken
  • Ira Sleeps Over
  • The Red Shoes
  • The Marzipan Pig
  • The Little Match Girl
  • Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
  • Earthday Birthday
  • The Hunting of the Snark
  • Baby's Storytime
  • The Story of the Dancing Frog
  • What's Under My Bed?
  • Abel's Island
  • Max's Christmas
  • Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
  • The Amazing Bone
  • The Mysterious Tadpole
  • Doctor De Soto
  • Morris's Disappearing Bag

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