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.

Directed

1. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2005) — Director
2. White Fang (1997) — Director
3. Doctor De Soto (1984) — Director
4. Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments (1996) — Director
5. Abel's Island (1988) — Director
6. Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004) — Director
7. The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas (1992) — Director
8. Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987) — Director
9. The Marzipan Pig (1990) — Director
10. The Little Match Girl (1990) — Director
11. The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale (2002) — Director
12. The Story of the Dancing Frog (1989) — Director
13. I, Crocodile (2002) — Director
14. The Red Shoes (1990) — Director
15. Monty (1992) — Director
16. The Hunting of the Snark (1989) — Director
17. Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992) — Director
18. Nightingale (1992) — Director
19. The Talking Eggs (1993) — Director
20. Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992) — Director
21. Baby's Storytime (1989) — Director
22. The Land of the Four Winds (1995) — Director
23. Mona Mon Amour (2002) — Director
24. Leo the Late Bloomer (1999) — Director
25. Jazztime Tale (1991) — Director
26. Whitewash (1994) — Director
27. The Emperor's New Clothes (1992) — Director
28. Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street (1987) — Director
29. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1990) — Director
30. Champagne (1996) — Director
31. Earthday Birthday (1990) — Director
32. Ira Sleeps Over (1991) — Director
33. The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993) — Director
34. Byron B. Blackbear and the Scientific Method (1980) — Director
35. The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1991) — Director
36. Why We Need Doctors: No Measles, No Mumps for Me (1981) — Director
37. What's Under My Bed? (1989) — Director
38. Yo! Yes? (2000) — Director
39. The Mysterious Tadpole (1986) — Director
40. Reading to Your Bunny (2006) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008) — Self
2. Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007) — Himself