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John T. Hill
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40+ year old professional animator and assistant professor.
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The fourth award from the weekend of the 10th. Three festivals, four awards, and another two festival screenings that weekend. A nice run.

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October 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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The audience agreed with the judges @austinhorrorfilmfest and I won the vote for my screening block as well! Now that's a Texas sized honor! This is the third of four awards I won this past weekend!

#indieanimation #animation #indiefilm #horror #indiehorror
October 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Two of four (just got another email this morning) awards Next Show got this weekend.

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October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Still opportunities to catch my film this month!
October 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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One of three awards my film won this weekend.
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Big night for "Next Show" won two awards in Austin and one in Brooklyn!
The custom VHS (working with copies of the shorts!) trophies for Best Animated Short and the Audience Award from The Austin Horror Film Fest. Close up of the Best Animated Short award trophy from the Austin Horror Film Fest. Close up detail of the Audience Award trophy from the Austin Horror Film Fest. Screen shot of the announcement of the Best Animated Short Film from the Brooklyn Sci-Fi Film Festival.
October 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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What movie do you consider "perfect"?
September 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Hey. It happened again.
August 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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bit.ly/SW27Spot
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July 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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July 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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July 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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bit.ly/PopcornFF
July 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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July 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Check my links.
July 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Links in bio. Please reshare. Anyone in the U.S. can stream it on the 9th for $10 with several other animated shorts, and then potentially vote for it. And then, potentially make me feel something.
July 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Big August for Next Show! Will I see you?

#indiefilm #indieanimation #animation #indiehorror #horror
Upcoming screenings of my animated horror short in August. 1st & 3rd in Montgomery Film Festival, Montgomery Al. 7-17th virtual for Popcorn Frights. 9th in Portland OR at PFCAT. 14th & 15th at Athens Film Festival, Athens GA. 18th and 23rd with a speaking engagement the 24th in Birmingham, AL for Sidewalk Film Festival. I will be in Montgomery, Portland, Athens and Birmingham. Tickets in my bio.
July 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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cancelled tv show you worked on...
Logo for short lived animated comedy sketch show "Popzilla" for MTV. It was cruel and very ugly. Screenshot of "Popzilla", a short lived animated sketch comedy show on MTV. It was cruel and ugly. This is a scene with a bunch of unflattering versions of Britney Spears during different eras. I did not work on this shot. Basically also lost media.
July 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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cancelled tv show you worked on...
Basically lost media now, a screenshot of the IMDb page for the ESPN animated shorts, "Off Mikes" based on audio from the sports radio show "Mike and Mike". It won an Emmy in 2006 and I was nominated for one the following year and lost. Now you can't find any clips, or even clips of the radio guys discussing the historic first Emmy win. Fun.
July 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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cancelled tv show you worked on...
A still from "BUFU", the unaired animated comedy sketch show from Orlando Jones for BET.
July 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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July 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Oh. Okay.
A screenshot of Instagram notifications that acclaimed animator Michael Granberry is following me and liked my reels.
July 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I am nothing if not honest.
A selfie photograph of this user. A 40ish year old man, long wavy curly hair and a long beard. White. Blue eyes. Large square glasses. The drawn caricature avatar used by this user, depicting a cartoonist but fundamentally accurate depiction of how he actually looks.
June 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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This past weekend brought another award for myself, Scott Ampleford and Mike Horton, my brilliant composer and sound designer. Thank you Atlanta!

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June 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Catching up on old news. Thrilled to share this honor with Scott Ampleford and Mike Horton, my composer and sound designer respectively.
June 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Big weekend for me.
Photo 1: A blurry award trophy is held up in front of the marquee for the Lime Light Theater in East Atlanta, Ga. The signage reads that the Atlanta ShortsFest film festival is there . Photo 2: The focus has shifted and the trophy is clear, my short animated horror film "Next Show in 90 Minutes" was awarded the Innovative Vision Award.
June 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM