John Kahrs

Visual Effects

John Kahrs

Born
(age 59)
Birthplace
Cornwall, New York, USA
Credits
18 titles

Biography

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 New York, 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.

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Known For

Acting credits 3

YearTitleRole
2020 Over the Moon Film Additional Voices (voice)
2012 Paperman Film George (voice)
2005 The Making of 'The Incredibles' Film Self

Crew credits 17

YearTitleJob
2023 100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration Film Director
2020 Over the Moon Film Co-Director
2018 Age of Sail Film Director, Writer
2016 June Film Director
2013 Frozen Film Animation
2012 Paperman Film Director
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Film Animation
2010 Tangled Film Animation Supervisor
2008 Bolt Film Animation
2007 Ratatouille Film Animation
2004 The Incredibles Film Animation
2002 Mike's New Car Film Animation
2001 Monsters, Inc. Film Animation
1999 Toy Story 2 Film Animation
1998 A Bug's Life Film Animation
1998 Bunny Film Modeling
1996 Joe's Apartment Film Lighting Design
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