In 2017 , Keane directed '' Dear Basketball '' , an animated short film based on Kobe Bryant 's retirement poem in '' The Players ' Tribune '' . At the 90th Academy Awards , Keane and Bryant won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for their work on '' Dear Basketball . '' Keane was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , the son of cartoonist Bil Keane , creator of '' The Family Circus '' , and Australian-born Thelma Keane . He was raised in Paradise Valley , Arizona . He was raised Roman Catholic
90th Academy Awards
90th Academy Awards
Glen Keane