John Akre, Animator

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Here are my animated shorts from 2024:

Read about the History Inspires movies I made with the Filson Historical Society.

Flowerkistoscope at Louisville Maker Faire 2024

Direct Cinema Animation

The Plant

Screenings: Animation Marathon 2024, PVTV Frings Flicks, Green Bay Film Festival 2025, We Like Em Short Film Festival 2025

Must Ash

Screenings: Bergen Unstable Film Festival, Kinoscop 2024, Athens Animfest 2025, Canted Angle Film Festival 2025, Absurd Art House Film Festival 2025, PVTV Fringe Flicks 2025

Let's Count to Six, Shall We?

Screenings: Square Film and Music Festival, Planet Nine Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival 2025

How to Make a Stop Motion Movie

Another Oppenheimer

Screenings: Senior Movie Film Festival 2024, Twelve Lions Film Festival 2024, International Portrait Film Festival 2025, Physics on Film Festival 2025 (Winner, Best Art Film)

Larry Jordan Goes to Tater Joe's

Collider Arts Day

How the Library Saved My Life

Obtuse

Watch this one with Anaglyph (blue/red) 3D glasses

Evel Knievel

Screenings Cheap Theater, Below the Line, Big Teeth Small Shorts, Fargo Film Festival 2025