Michael Sporn

Michael Sporn

Birthday: 1946-04-23
Deathday: 2014-01-19
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Michael Sporn was an American animator who founded his New York City-based company, Michael Sporn Animation in 1980, and produced and directed numerous animated TV specials and short spots. Sporn was nominated for an Oscar in 1984 and an Emmy in 1988 for adaptations of two books by William Steig.

Filmography

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

2008

As

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

2007

As

Production

Abel's Island

1988

As Director

The Red Shoes

1990

As Director

Doctor De Soto

1984

As Director

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

2005

As Director

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

1987

As Director

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

1981

As Director

Whitewash

1994

As Director

Whitewash

1994

As Producer

The Emperor's New Clothes

1992

As Director

The Story of the Dancing Frog

1989

As Director

White Fang

1997

As Producer

White Fang

1997

As Director

The Amazing Bone

1987

As Director

Doctor De Soto

1984

As Producer

The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas

1992

As Director

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

1987

As Director

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

1990

As Director

Champagne

1996

As Director

Champagne

1996

As Producer

Champagne

1996

As Writer

Champagne

1996

As Animation

A Child's Garden of Verses

1992

As Director

A Child's Garden of Verses

1992

As Producer

A Doonesbury Special

1977

As Animation

Earthday Birthday

1990

As Director

Ira Sleeps Over

1991

As Director

Earthday Birthday

1990

As Producer

Ira Sleeps Over

1991

As Adaptation

Ira Sleeps Over

1991

As Producer

The Red Shoes

1990

As Producer

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

1987

As Producer

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

1999

As Animation Director

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

1993

As Director

Abel's Island

1988

As Producer

Abel's Island

1988

As Screenplay

Abel's Island

1988

As Animation

The Story of the Dancing Frog

1989

As Screenplay

The Story of the Dancing Frog

1989

As Producer

Jazztime Tale

1991

As Director

The Marzipan Pig

1990

As Director

The Marzipan Pig

1990

As Producer

Jazztime Tale

1991

As Producer

The Ten Commandments

1996

As Director

Yo! Yes?

2000

As Director

Yo! Yes?

2000

As Producer

What's Under My Bed?

1989

As Director

What's Under My Bed?

1989

As Producer

The Little Match Girl

1990

As Director

The Mysterious Tadpole

1986

As Director

Reading to Your Bunny

2006

As Director

Max's Chocolate Chicken

1991

As Director

Max's Christmas

1988

As Director

Morris's Disappearing Bag

1982

As Director

The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale

2008

As Director

I, Crocodile

2002

As Director

The Amazing Bone

1987

As Animation

Monty

1992

As Director

Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method

1980

As Director

Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method

1980

As Screenplay

The Hunting of the Snark

1989

As Director

Baby's Storytime

1989

As Director

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

1991

As Director

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

1992

As Director

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

1992

As Director

Nightingale

1992

As Director

The Talking Eggs

1993

As Director

The Land of the Four Winds

1995

As Director

Leo the Late Bloomer

1999

As Director

Mona Mon Amour

2002

As Director

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

2004

As Director

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

1987

As Screenplay

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

1987

As Animation

The Changing Middle East

1975

As Animation

Simple Gifts

1977

As Assistant Director

Yo! Yes?

2000

As Animation

The Mysterious Tadpole

1986

As Animation

The Ten Commandments

1996

As Producer