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Michael Sporn

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
April 23, 1946 (80 years old)

Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA

Michael Sporn

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.

Known For

Directing

2006Reading to Your Bunny...Director
2005The Man Who Walked Between the Towers...Director
2004Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me...Director
2002Mona Mon Amour...Director
2002The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale...Director
2002I, Crocodile...Director
2000Yo! Yes?...Director
1999Leo the Late Bloomer...Director
1997White Fang...Director
1996Champagne...Director
1996Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments...Director
1995The Land of the Four Winds...Director
1994Whitewash...Director
1993The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale...Director
1993The Talking Eggs...Director
1992The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas...Director
1992Nightingale...Director
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems...Director
1992A Child's Garden of Verses...Director
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes...Director
1992The Emperor's New Clothes...Director
1992Monty...Director
1991Ira Sleeps Over...Director
1991Jazztime Tale...Director
1991Max's Chocolate Chicken...Director
1991The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash...Director
1990The Little Match Girl...Director
1990The Marzipan Pig...Director
1990Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel...Director
1990Earthday Birthday...Director
1990The Red Shoes...Director
1989The Story of the Dancing Frog...Director
1989What's Under My Bed?...Director
1989The Hunting of the Snark...Director
1989Baby's Storytime...Director
1988Max's Christmas...Director
1988Abel's Island...Director
1987Santabear's High Flying Adventure...Director
1987Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street...Director
1987The Amazing Bone...Director
1986The Mysterious Tadpole...Director
1984Doctor De Soto...Director
1982Morris's Disappearing Bag...Director
1981Why We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for Me...Director
1980Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method...Director
1977Simple Gifts...Assistant Director

Production

2000Yo! Yes?...Producer
1997White Fang...Producer
1996Champagne...Producer
1996Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments...Producer
1994Whitewash...Producer
1992A Child's Garden of Verses...Producer
1991Ira Sleeps Over...Producer
1991Jazztime Tale...Producer
1990The Marzipan Pig...Producer
1990Earthday Birthday...Producer
1990The Red Shoes...Producer
1989The Story of the Dancing Frog...Producer
1989What's Under My Bed?...Producer
1988Abel's Island...Producer
1987Santabear's High Flying Adventure...Producer
1984Doctor De Soto...Producer

Visual Effects

2000Yo! Yes?...Animation
1999Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales...Animation Director
1996Champagne...Animation
1991Ira Sleeps Over...Animation
1988Abel's Island...Animation
1987Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street...Animation
1987The Amazing Bone...Animation
1986The Mysterious Tadpole...Animation
1985Made in China...Animation
1978A Doonesbury Special...Animation
1975The Changing Middle East...Animation

Writing

1999Courage the Cowardly Dog...Writer
1996Champagne...Writer
1991Ira Sleeps Over...Adaptation
1989The Story of the Dancing Frog...Screenplay
1988Abel's Island...Screenplay
1987Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street...Screenplay
1980Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method...Screenplay

Crew

1991The Adventures of the Maltese Cat...Thanks
1979Confessions of a Stardreamer...Thanks

Acting

2008Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930as Self
2007Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920as Himself