- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
- September 18, 1967
- Place of Birth
- Cornwall, New York, USA
John Kahrs
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 N…
Filmography
movie100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration
2023 · Director
movieOver the Moon
2020 · Additional Voices (voice), Co-Director
movieAge of Sail
2018 · Director, Writer
movieJune
2016 · Director
movieFrozen
2013 · Animation
moviePaperman
2012 · George (voice), Director
movieWreck-It Ralph
2012 · Animation
movieTangled
2010 · Animation Supervisor
movieBolt
2008 · Animation
movieRatatouille
2007 · Animation
movieThe Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005 · Self
movieThe Incredibles
2004 · Animation
movieMike's New Car
2002 · Animation
movieMonsters, Inc.
2001 · Animation
movieToy Story 2
1999 · Animation
movieA Bug's Life
1998 · Animation
movieBunny
1998 · Modeling
movieJoe's Apartment
1996 · Lighting Design