John T. Hill

Biography

• MFA in Animation & Visual Effects, Emphasis in 2D Animation from The Academy of Art University, San Francisco CA

• BFA Media Arts and Animation from The Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta GA

John T. Hill has been working professionally in animation since 2003, primarily as a 2D digital and traditional character and FX animator. His animation and pre-production artwork has been used in television, feature, digital media, and video games. Titmouse, Sunlight Entertainment, Magnetic Dreams, and Animax Entertainment are just a few of the studios he has worked for while serving clients such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Dreamworks, Netflix, Amazon Prime, PBS Kids and Sesame Workshop.

Various Commercial Works

• Slacker Cats Film Roman / IDT / Stars and ABC Family
• Bob and Doug Canadian Broadcasting
• Popzilla MTV
• Sideways: New York WildBrain / Playstation Network
• Elmo: Potty Time Sesame Workshop
• Elmo's Alphabet Adventure Sesame Workshop
• Niko and the Sword of Light Amazon Prime
• Ryan's World Sunlight Entertainment / Pocket.watch
• The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Dreamworks / Netflix

Festival Appearances

Cosmic Scramble (2026) 48HR Student Produced Film

Sidewalk Sweet Home Alabama

Next Show in 90 Minutes (2024)

St. Louis International Film Festival 
animest (Bucharest International Animation Film Festival)
FilmQuest
Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF)
Sidewalk Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival - Alabama Cinema Spotlight
Nevermore Film Festival
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology (PFCAT)
Screamfest Horror Film Festival (LA)
Screamfest Horror Film Festival (NOLA)
HorrorFest International
Dead Northern Horror Film Festival
Eerie Horror Fest
Austin Horror Film Festival
Brooklyn SCIFI Film Festival
Horror en las Montañas Film Festival
D.C. Independent Film Forum (DCIFF)
Athens Film Festival
ASIFA - East Animation Festival
ASIFA South Animation Festival and Conference (ASIFAC)
Animation Nights New York (ANNY)
Atlanta ShortsFest
Atlanta HorrorFest
Atlanta Spotlight Awards Fest
Buried Alive Film Festival
Peaberry Film Festival
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival
Overmountain Animation Festival
George Lindsey UNA FIlm Festival
Mobile Animation Film Festival (MAFF)
BoneBat "Comedy of Horrors" Film Fest
Portland Panorama
Ravenheart International FIlm Festival
MidWest Weird Fest
SI-FAN
Simply Weird Film Festival
Popcorn Frights Film Festival
Milwaukee Horror Film Festival
Jersey Devil Film Fest
Nashville Horror Film Festival
Knoxville Horror Film Fest
Spooky Empire Film Festival
Halloweenapalooza
Hellifax Horror Fest
Midnight Monster Club Short Film Festival

Phobophobia (2024) 48HR Student Produced Film

Sidewalk Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival - Alabama Cinema Spotlight
George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
YellowHammer Film Fest
Midnight Monster Club Short Film Festival
Sidewalk Spooky Scramble 48Hr Film Competition

Supercrush (2024) 48HR Student Produced Film

George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival - Alabama Cinema Spotlight
Mobile Animation Film Festival (MAFF)
Animation Marathon
YellowHammer Film Fest
YellowHammer 48Hr Film Race

Porta Party (2022) 48HR Student Produced Film

Sidewalk Film Festival
ASIFA-East Animation Festival
Athens ANIMFEST
Sidewalk Statewide Scramble 48 Hr Film Competition

Don't Invite Wolfman to Tea (2021)

Animation Block Party (Halloween Program 2021)
AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival
Animation Marathon 2022
Lisbon Film Rendezvous

Hipposterous (2019)

St. Louis International Film Festival 
Cleveland International Film Festival 
Pittsburgh Shorts & Script Competition
Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival
Florida Animation Festival
Flanimation Film Fest
Overmountain Animation Festival
Montreal International Animation Festival - ANIMAZE
Sidewalk Film Festival - Alabama Cinema Spotlight
Mobile Animation Film Festival (MAFF)
Animation Dingle
Athens ANIMFEST
Palm Springs International Animation Festival & Expo (PSIAF)
Studio City International FIlm & TV Festival
Austin Revolution Film Festival
La Guarimba International Film Festival
St. Lawrence International Film Festival 
We Like 'Em Short - Animation and Comedy Film Festival
Deep Focus Film Festival
Literally Short Film Festival
Garoa Awards
Cooper Awards
4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
Kalakari Film Fest
Lisbon Film Rendezvous

Awards

• Nominee - Best Animation of the Year, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Atlanta Film Series
• Nominee - Best Animation / Stop Motion, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Buried Alive Film Festival
• Nominee - Best Animated Short, Next Show in 90 Minutes, FilmQuest
• Nominee - Best Animated Film, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Spooky Empire Horror Film Festival
• Nominee - Best Sound Design, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Spooky Empire Horror Film Festival
• Best Direction, Phobophobia - Spooky Scramble 48hr Short, YellowHammer Film Festival
• Audience Award, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Austin Horror Film Festival
• Best Animated Short Film, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Austin Horror Film Festival
• Nominee - Best U.S. Short Film, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Austin Horror Film Festival
• Best Animated Short Film, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Brooklyn SCIFI Film Festival
• Best Animation, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Birmingham Horror Film Festival
• Best Animation, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Horrorfest International
  Nominee - Best Animated Short, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Athens Film Festival
• Best Horror Animation, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation, and Technology (PFCAT)
• Innovative Vision Award, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Atlanta ShortsFest
• Craft Award - Excellence in Sound, Next Show in 90 Minutes, ASIFA - East Film Festival
• Audience Award - Best Animated Short, Next Show in 90 Minutes, Nevermore Film Festival
• Jury Award "Best Film", Phobophobia - Spooky Scramble 48hr Short, Sidewalk FIlm Center and Cinema
• Best Use of Required Prop, Phobophobia - Spooky Scramble 48hr Short, Sidewalk FIlm Center and Cinema
• Best Animation, Supercrush - Yellowhammer 48hr Film Race, Yellowhammer Film Festival
• Best Use of Genre, Supercrush - Yellowhammer 48hr Film Race, Yellowhammer Film Festival
• Toonboom Ambassador 2024
• Honorable Mention, Porta Party, Statewide Scramble 48hr Short,  Sidewalk FIlm Center and Cinema
• Finalist, Don't Invite Wolfman to Tea, Santa Barbara Shorts
• Finalist, Don't Invite Wolfman to Tea, Lisbon Film Rendezvous
• Semi-Finalist, Don't Invite Wolfman to Tea, Dallas Shorts
• Semi-Finalist, Don't Invite Wolfman to Tea, Vienna Indie Short Festival
• Semi-Finalist, Don't Invite Wolfman to Tea, Berlin Short Awards
• Best Animated Film, Hipposterous, 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
• Audience Choice - Honorable Mention, Hipposterous, Florida Animation Festival, SouthEast Delights Program
• Best Sound Design, Hipposterous, Garoa Awards
• Finalist, Hipposterous, Lisbon Film Rendezvous
• Finalist, Hipposterous, Cooper Awards
• Finalist, Hipposterous, Los Angeles Animation Festival
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, Dallas Shorts
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, Vienna Indie Short Festival
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, Berlin Short Awards
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, San Francisco Indie Short Festival
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, Phoenix Shorts
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, Cordillera International Film Festival
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, New York Animation Film Awards
• Semi-Finalist, Hipposterous, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
• Quarter-Finalist, Hipposterous, Animate - Australia Animation Film Festival

Courses

• ARS200 Intro To Animation
• ARS201 Two Dimensional Animation I
• ARS204 Two Dimensional Animation II
• ARS301 Experimental Animation
• ARS408 Pre-Thesis in Animation
• ARS409 Senior Thesis in Animation
• ARS500 Graduate Animation
• ARS592 Graduate Thesis