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Hello! I’m an award winning filmmaker, animator and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York.

With over a decade of freelance experience, I’ve worked as a 2D animator and director for clients such as Pokémon, the NBA, 2 Chainz, Eminem & Snoop Dogg, Netflix, Showtime, Disney and the X-Games. In addition, my short films have played at a variety of prestigious festivals, illustrations have been both published and featured in prominent gallery exhibitions and I’ve served on several film festival juries.

Recently my film Buzzkill screened at over 60 festivals, winning 12 awards including Best Animated Short at Screamfest, Flicker's RIIFF Vortex, GenreBlast and Woodstock - the latter resulting in an Academy Award qualification. It’s now streaming on Alter and as a Vimeo Staff Pick.

These days I’m available for remote work from my home studio, which includes a large Cintiq, Adobe’s Creative Suite, a grumpy cat and all the necessary file sharing and communication tools.

Short film production, freelance hiatus

Short film production, freelance hiatus

Peter Ahern

Hello! I just wanted to let you know that for quite some time, I have been in production on a 5 minute animated short called Buzzkill - written/directed/animated by yours truly. Kelly McCormack voices the lead and Stephen Andolino has been cranking out some beautiful background designs.

After many months of chipping away at it on nights and weekends, I’ve decided to dive into the project full-time at the start of 2021 and continue for several months - lending this process the focus and attention it deserves...as well as preventing this rather ambitious task from consuming my personal life forever (haha, gulp). This is an exciting new challenge for me and while I’m keeping details under wraps for now, I cannot wait to share more about this film in the coming months.  

In the meantime, please excuse the absence of fresh commercial work on this News Blog, as well as my inability to accept freelance gigs until the spring. Stay tuned!

 
Buzzkill production cel

Buzzkill production cel

 
"Buzzkill" promotional poster

"Buzzkill" promotional poster
Spy Science episode for Walmart x Camp

Spy Science episode for Walmart x Camp