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Michael Victor Sporn (April 23, 1946 – January 19, 2014) 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.
Michael Sporn, an animation artist whose award-winning work included film adaptations of beloved children’s books like “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” and “Goodnight Moon” as well as stories he...
Michael Sporn was born on 23 April 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas (1992), Doctor DeSoto (1984) and Abel's Island (1988). He was married to Heidi Stallings. He died on 19 January 2014 in New York, New York, USA.
Michael Sporn, an Academy Award nominee for best animated short film and the director of more than 30 television specials for outlets such as HBO, PBS, Showtime and CBS, died of pancreatic...
Animator and filmmaker Michael Sporn, a man who represented the spirit and vitality of New York’s animation scene as much as any other single individual, passed away from pancreatic cancer on...
The Animation Community Remembers Michael Sporn: 1946-2013 | Animation World Network. Tributes from the animation community to director and producer Michael Sporn, whose impact on a generation of animators goes far beyond his work. By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 12:37pm.
Sporn, 67, died Sunday at a hospice care facility in New York. He had been battling pancreatic cancer for nearly four years, Stallings said.
