Michael Sporn

ActorDirectorWriterVisual EffectsProducer Apr 23 (died age 67) New York City, New York, USA 1975–2008 (33 year career)

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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

Film

Courage the Cowardly Dog

Writer

Film

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Director

Film

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

Animation Director

Film

White Fang

Director

Film

Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments

Director

Film

A Doonesbury Special

Animation

Film

The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale

Director

Film

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Director

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

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

2008

as Self

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

2007

as Himself

Crew (58)

Movies (57)

Reading to Your Bunny

2006

Director

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2005

Director

6.8

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

2004

Director

7.0

The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale

2002

Director

8.5

I, Crocodile

2002

Director

Mona Mon Amour

2002

Director

Yo! Yes?

2000

Director

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

Animation Director

Leo the Late Bloomer

Director

White Fang

Director

Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments

1996

Director

8.7

Champagne

1996

Animation

Champagne

1996

Director

Champagne

1996

Producer

Champagne

1996

Writer

The Land of the Four Winds

1995

Director

Whitewash

1994

Director

6.0

The Talking Eggs

1993

Director

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

1993

Director

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

1992

Director

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

1992

Director

Monty

1992

Director

The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

1992

Director

5.0

Nightingale

1992

Director

The Emperor's New Clothes

1992

Director

A Child's Garden of Verses

1992

Director

Max's Chocolate Chicken

1991

Director

The Adventures of the Maltese Cat

1991

Thanks

Jazztime Tale

1991

Director

Ira Sleeps Over

1991

Adaptation

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

1991

Director

The Marzipan Pig

1990

Director

7.0

Earthday Birthday

1990

Director

Earthday Birthday

1990

Producer

The Little Match Girl

1990

Director

The Red Shoes

1990

Director

The Red Shoes

1990

Producer

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

1990

Director

10.0

What's Under My Bed?

1989

Director

The Hunting of the Snark

1989

Director

The Story of the Dancing Frog

1989

Screenplay

8.0

Baby's Storytime

1989

Director

Abel's Island

1988

Screenplay

6.0

Max's Christmas

1988

Director

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

1987

Director

6.0

The Amazing Bone

1987

Animation

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street

1987

Screenplay

The Mysterious Tadpole

1986

Director

Made in China

1985

Animation

Doctor De Soto

1984

Director

4.2

Morris's Disappearing Bag

1982

Director

Why We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for Me

1981

Director

Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method

1980

Screenplay

Confessions of a Stardreamer

1979

Thanks

Simple Gifts

1977

Assistant Director

A Doonesbury Special

1977

Animation

5.3

The Changing Middle East

1975

Animation

Television (1)

Courage the Cowardly Dog

1999

Writer

8.2