Occupation Animator, director Role Animator Years active 1990–present | Spouse(s) Gennie Rim Name John Kahrs Movies Paperman | |
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Education Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Awards Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) Similar People Kari Wahlgren, Kristina Reed, John Lasseter, Clio Chiang, Tim Mertens | ||
Oscar nominated shorts 2013 john kahrs paperman best short animation
John Kahrs is an American animator and film director.
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- Oscar nominated shorts 2013 john kahrs paperman best short animation
- Dp 30 paperman director john kahrs
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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.
