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
- The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale ... (Director)
- I, Crocodile ... (Director)
- Mona Mon Amour ... (Director)
2000
- Yo! Yes? ... (Producer)
1999
- Courage the Cowardly Dog ... (Writer)
- Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales ... (Animation Director)
- Leo the Late Bloomer ... (Director)
1997
- White Fang ... (Director)
1996
- Champagne ... (Animation)
- Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments ... (Director)
1995
- The Land of the Four Winds ... (Director)
1994
- Whitewash ... (Director)
1993
- The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale ... (Director)
- The Talking Eggs ... (Director)
1992
- The Emperor's New Clothes ... (Director)
- Nightingale ... (Director)
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes ... (Director)
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems ... (Director)
- Monty ... (Director)
- A Child's Garden of Verses ... (Director)
- The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas ... (Director)
1991
- The Adventures of the Maltese Cat ... (Thanks)
- Ira Sleeps Over ... (Adaptation)
- Jazztime Tale ... (Director)
- The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash ... (Director)
- Max's Chocolate Chicken ... (Director)
1990
- The Marzipan Pig ... (Director)
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel ... (Director)
- The Red Shoes ... (Director)
- The Little Match Girl ... (Director)
- Earthday Birthday ... (Director)
1989
- The Hunting of the Snark ... (Director)
- Baby's Storytime ... (Director)
- The Story of the Dancing Frog ... (Producer)
- What's Under My Bed? ... (Director)
1988
- Abel's Island ... (Producer)
- Max's Christmas ... (Director)
1987
- Santabear's High Flying Adventure ... (Director)
- Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street ... (Screenplay)
- The Amazing Bone ... (Animation)
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)
1977
- A Doonesbury Special ... (Animation)
- Simple Gifts ... (Assistant Director)
1975
- The Changing Middle East ... (Animation)