Michael Sporn

Born: 1946-04-23, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2014-01-19

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.

Filmography

• Yo! Yes? (2000)
• The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale (2002)
• What's Under My Bed? (1989)
• Abel's Island (1988)
• Doctor De Soto (1984)
• The Marzipan Pig (1990)
• Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992)
• Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007)
• A Child's Garden of Verses (1992)
• The Talking Eggs (1993)
• I, Crocodile (2002)
• Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street (1987)
• Earthday Birthday (1990)
• Max's Chocolate Chicken (1991)
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2005)
• The Amazing Bone (1987)
• Reading to Your Bunny (2006)
• Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992)
• The Mysterious Tadpole (1986)
• The Story of the Dancing Frog (1989)
• The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas (1992)
• Leo the Late Bloomer (1999)
• Morris's Disappearing Bag (1982)
• Jazztime Tale (1991)
• Max's Christmas (1988)
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1990)
• The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993)
• Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
• Baby's Storytime (1989)
• Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments (1996)