- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- January 19, 2014
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.
Filmography
movieForging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008 · Self
movieForging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007 · Himself
movieReading to Your Bunny
2006 · Director
movieThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers
2005 · Director
movieHappy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004 · Director
movieMona Mon Amour
2002 · Director
movieThe Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale
2002 · Director
movieI, Crocodile
2002 · Director
movieYo! Yes?
2000 · Director, Producer, Animation
movieGoodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999 · Animation Director
tvCourage the Cowardly Dog
1999 · Writer
movieLeo the Late Bloomer
1999 · Director
movieWhite Fang
1997 · Producer, Director
movieChampagne
1996 · Director, Producer, Writer, Animation
movieChildren's Classics - The Ten Commandments
1996 · Director, Producer
The Land of the Four Winds
movieThe Land of the Four Winds
1995 · Director
movieWhitewash
1994 · Director, Producer
movieThe Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
1993 · Director
movieThe Talking Eggs
1993 · Director
movieThe Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
1992 · Director
movieNightingale
1992 · Director
movieNonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992 · Director
movieA Child's Garden of Verses
1992 · Director, Producer
movieNonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992 · Director
movieMonty
1992 · Director
movieThe Emperor's New Clothes
1992 · Director
movieIra Sleeps Over
1991 · Adaptation, Producer, Director, Animation
movieJazztime Tale
1991 · Director, Producer
movieMax's Chocolate Chicken
1991 · Director
movieThe Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
1991 · Director
movieThe Adventures of the Maltese Cat
1991 · Thanks
movieThe Little Match Girl
1990 · Director
movieThe Marzipan Pig
1990 · Director, Producer
movieMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
1990 · Director
movieEarthday Birthday
1990 · Director, Producer
movieThe Red Shoes
1990 · Director, Producer
movieThe Story of the Dancing Frog
1989 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieThe Hunting of the Snark
1989 · Director
movieBaby's Storytime
1989 · Director
movieWhat's Under My Bed?
1989 · Director, Producer
movieMax's Christmas
1988 · Director
movieAbel's Island
1988 · Producer, Screenplay, Animation, Director
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
movieSantabear's High Flying Adventure
1987 · Director, Producer
movieLyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street
1987 · Screenplay, Animation, Director
movieThe Amazing Bone
1987 · Animation, Director
movieThe Mysterious Tadpole
1986 · Director, Animation
movieMade in China
1985 · Animation
movieDoctor De Soto
1984 · Director, Producer
movieMorris's Disappearing Bag
1982 · Director
Why We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for Me
movieWhy We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for Me
1981 · Director
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
movieByron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method
1980 · Director, Screenplay
Confessions of a Stardreamer
movieConfessions of a Stardreamer
1979 · Thanks
movieA Doonesbury Special
1978 · Animation
movieSimple Gifts
1977 · Assistant Director
movieThe Changing Middle East
1975 · Animation