Biography

Peter Ahern is an award winning filmmaker, animator and illustrator living in Brooklyn, New York.

After graduating from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Film & Animation, he began freelancing as a 2D animator, designer and director on a wide variety of commercial, television and music video projects for clients such as Netflix, Pokémon, the NBA, 2 Chainz, Eminem & Snoop Dogg, Showtime, Disney and the X-Games. In addition, his short films have played around the world at dozens of prestigious festivals, illustrations have been both published and featured in prominent gallery exhibitions and he's served on several film festival juries.

Recently, his short film BUZZKILL screened at over 50 festivals, winning 10 awards including "Best Animated Short" at Screamfest, Flicker's Vortex, GenreBlast and Woodstock - the latter resulting in the qualification for Academy Award consideration. It’s now free to watch on Alter and as a Vimeo Staff Pick.