Michael Sporn
Known for: Director
Born: 23 April 1946, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 19 January 2014
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 / Created
Reading to Your Bunny
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Mona Mon Amour
The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale
I, Crocodile
Yo! Yes?
Leo the Late Bloomer
White Fang
Champagne
Children's Classics - The Ten Commandments
The Land of the Four Winds
Whitewash
The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
The Talking Eggs
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
Nightingale
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
A Child's Garden of Verses
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
The Emperor's New Clothes
Monty
Ira Sleeps Over
Jazztime Tale
Max's Chocolate Chicken
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
The Little Match Girl
The Marzipan Pig
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Earthday Birthday