Michael Sporn
Born: 1946-04-23 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2014-01-19
Known For: Directing
Biography
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
2008
2007
2006
- Reading to Your Bunny ... (Director)
2005
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers ... (Director)
2004
- Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me ... (Director)
2002
- I, Crocodile ... (Director)
- The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale ... (Director)
- Mona Mon Amour ... (Director)
2000
- Yo! Yes? ... (Director)
1999
- Courage the Cowardly Dog ... (Writer)
- Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales ... (Animation Director)
- Leo the Late Bloomer ... (Director)
1997
- White Fang ... (Producer)
1996
- Champagne ... (Director)
- Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments ... (Director)
1995
- The Land of the Four Winds ... (Director)
1994
- Whitewash ... (Director)
1993
- The Talking Eggs ... (Director)
- The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale ... (Director)
1992
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems ... (Director)
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes ... (Director)
- The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas ... (Director)
- A Child's Garden of Verses ... (Director)
- The Emperor's New Clothes ... (Director)
- Nightingale ... (Director)
- Monty ... (Director)
1991
- Max's Chocolate Chicken ... (Director)
- Ira Sleeps Over ... (Adaptation)
- Jazztime Tale ... (Director)
- The Adventures of the Maltese Cat ... (Thanks)
- The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash ... (Director)
1990
- The Little Match Girl ... (Director)
- The Marzipan Pig ... (Director)
- The Red Shoes ... (Director)
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel ... (Director)
- Earthday Birthday ... (Director)
1989
- What's Under My Bed? ... (Director)
- The Hunting of the Snark ... (Director)
- The Story of the Dancing Frog ... (Screenplay)
- Baby's Storytime ... (Director)
1988
- Abel's Island ... (Producer)
- Max's Christmas ... (Director)
1987
- The Amazing Bone ... (Animation)
- Santabear's High Flying Adventure ... (Director)
- Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street ... (Screenplay)
1986
- The Mysterious Tadpole ... (Director)
1985
- Made in China ... (Animation)
1984
- Doctor De Soto ... (Director)
1982
- Morris's Disappearing Bag ... (Director)
1981
- Why We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for Me ... (Director)
1980
- Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method ... (Director)
1979
- Confessions of a Stardreamer ... (Thanks)
1978
- A Doonesbury Special ... (Animation)
1977
- Simple Gifts ... (Assistant Director)
1975
- The Changing Middle East ... (Animation)