John Kahrs

John Kahrs
Born	1967/1968 (age 48–49) Hudson Valley, New York
Education	Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Alma mater	NSCAD University
Occupation	Animator, director
Years active	1990–present
Known for	Paperman
Spouse(s)	Gennie Rim

John Kahrs 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.

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