Visual Effects
John Kahrs
Born
1967-09-18 (59)
Place of birth
Cornwall, New York, USA
Known for
Visual Effects
Credits
8 titles
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 devel…
Known for
7.2Fueled by memories of her mother, resourceful Fei Fei builds a rocket to the moon on a mission to prove the existence of a legendary moon goddess.
Over the Moon
2020
8.0An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
Paperman
2012
5.8The production of the movie, "The Incredibles," shot behind the scenes at Pixar Animation Studios.
The Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005
7.1An old, down on his luck sailor rescues a young girl at sea after she fell off a passenger ship.
Age of Sail
2018
5.0Fragments from Cinderella (1922), Alice’s Wonderland (1923), Trolley Troubles (1927), Steamboat Willie (1928), Clock Cleaners (1937), The Old Mill (1937), Trailer Horn (1950), Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952), Paperman (2012) and Going Home (2021).
100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration
2023
5.8Animated short film. A lonely widow in historic South Chicago is inspired to start sharing the ride — and sharing her life, too.
June
2016
Film credits
2010s · 1 titles
Behind the camera
8.0An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
Paperman
2012
7.1An old, down on his luck sailor rescues a young girl at sea after she fell off a passenger ship.
Age of Sail
2018
7.1An old, down on his luck sailor rescues a young girl at sea after she fell off a passenger ship.
Age of Sail
2018
5.0Fragments from Cinderella (1922), Alice’s Wonderland (1923), Trolley Troubles (1927), Steamboat Willie (1928), Clock Cleaners (1937), The Old Mill (1937), Trailer Horn (1950), Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952), Paperman (2012) and Going Home (2021).
100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration
2023
5.8Animated short film. A lonely widow in historic South Chicago is inspired to start sharing the ride — and sharing her life, too.
June
2016