
Person
Michael Sporn
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Apr 23, 1946
- Died
- Jan 19, 2014
- From
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Credits

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

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

I, Crocodile

The Amazing Bone

Abel's Island

The Changing Middle East

The Red Shoes

Doctor De Soto

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Monty

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Baby's Storytime
Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method

The Hunting of the Snark

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

Nightingale

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

The Talking Eggs