John Kahrs (born September 18, 1967) is an American actor, animator and film director.
Kahrs attended NSCAD University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1990. He began his career at Blue Sky Studios in Connecticut, where he worked as an animator between 1990 and 1997. He later moved to Pixar, where he worked on such films as A Bug's Life, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille. After ten years at Pixar, he moved over to Disney, where he animated on Bolt, Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen, and was an animation supervisor on Tangled.
In 2013, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for his 2012 short film, Paperman.
In August 2013, he left Walt Disney Animation Studios to develop his own projects. In January 2014, it was reported that he will direct for Paramount Animation an animated film Shedd. In 2020, he co-directed Over the Moon with Glen Keane, which was released on Netflix the same year. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year, but lost to Soul.
Filmography Year Title Director Animator Effects Actor Role Notes 1996 Joe’s Apartment lighting designer 1998 Bunny animation models, Short film 1998 A Bug's Life 1999 Toy Story 2 2001 Monsters, Inc. Also character developer 2002 Mike's New Car Short film 2004 The Incredibles Also character developer 2006 Cars 2007 Ratatouille 2008 Bolt 2010 Tangled Animation supervisor 2012 Paperman George Short film Wreck-It Ralph 2013 Frozen 2016 June 2018 Age of Sail VR short film 2020 Over the Moon Co-director with Glen Keane Trash Truck Supervising Director (28 episodes), TV Series A Trash Truck Christmas Supervising Director, Christmas Special
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