John Kahrs
Year Title Animator Notes
1998 A Bug 's Life Yes
1999 Toy Story 2 Yes
2001 Monsters , Inc Yes Also character developer
2002 Mike 's New Car Yes Short film
2004 The Incredibles Yes Also character developer
2007 Ratatouille Yes
2008 Bolt Yes
2010 Tangled Yes Animation supervisor
2012 Paperman Short film
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Yes
2013 Frozen Yes
2016 June
2018 Age of Sail VR short film
2020 Over the Moon Co-director with Glen Keane
Filmography
John Kahrs (born 1967/1968) is an American 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.