About Me
Austin Kimmell is a filmmaker, animator and cartoonist, based in New England.
He has written and directed a number of award-winning independent films, such as Stranger Danger (2023), Dracula, The Literal Moron (2022) and Put a Stick in It (2020), He’s directed and contributed work for a variety of clients, including Buzzfeed, MIT, Supernova, Pencilmation and Nickelodeon Animation on SpongeBob SquarePants. He is also a published illustrator and cartoonist, providing pieces for Bird's Eye Comics, The American Bystander and Pegasus Publishers, in addition to teaching animation at the Montserrat College of Art.
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Austin currently resides outside of Boston, Massachusetts, complaining about his back whenever he isn't making dumb cartoons.
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Beautiful portrait (picture and photo) provided by Shayla Zamora
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CONTACT:
(DMs open on Instagram & Twitter)​​
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SELECTED CLIENTS:
Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Buzzfeed, Supernova.go, Pencilmation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vanishing Angle, First-Name Films The American Bystander, MacBook Orchestra, Bird’s Eye Comics
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​SELECTED FESTIVALS:
Salon des Refusés (Ottawa International Animation Festival), Les Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation, Boston Underground Film Festival, Channel 101, Athens International Festival of Film & Video, Animation Block Party, Malt Adult, SPARK Animation, Hell’s Half Mile Festival of Film & Music, Charlotte Film Festival, Eastern Oregon Film Festival, Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival
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SELECTED PRESS / AWARDS:
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Vanishing Angle Post Grant
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Moonlight Film Festival
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Pitch! Screenwriting Podcast
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BEAF Animation Interview​
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​​​INDEPENDENT FILMS
(Writer / Director / Storyboard / Animator, etc.)
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Dracula 2: The Ride Home (2025)
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Stranger Danger (2023, 4 min)
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Vanilla (2023 -- for Hellavision Television's THE GUY anthology)
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Dracula, the Literal Moron (2022)
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Art Museum (2022)
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Mircoloops (2021-2022)
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Put A Stick In It (2020)
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41 Seconds of A Man Sneezing (2020)
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Gotcha! (2018)
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Querrido (2017)
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Trapper Keeper (2017)
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Critique (2016)​
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COMMISSIONED FILMS
(Director for Hire -- Clients Listed)
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Hooligan (Supernova.go -- Coming Soon)
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Meat-Eatin' Police (Macbook Orchestra -- 2025)
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MOOCH ​(Jeff Ryan / First-Name Films -- 2024)
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Wellesley College “Celito Lindo” Show ​(Shayla Zamora -- 2023)
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Exciting Day (Sylvia Family Studios -- 2022)
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MIT ​(Hannah Ruebeck / Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- 2021-2022)
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Edge of A Knife (Nico Rivers / Songs & Whisper -- 2023)
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Tribe WOD (Tribe Wod -- 2021)
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All Those Left Behind (Meghan Mickela -- 2021)​
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STORYBOARDS
(Non-Directorial -- Clients Listed)
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Supernova Advertisements (Supernova.go -- 2025 - Present)
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Chikin Nuggit (Buzzfeed -- 2025)
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Meddler (Jacob Rossacci / Diluvian Films -- 2022-2023)
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SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon Animation Studios -- 2023)
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ANIMATION
(Non-Directorial -- Clients Listed)
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Chikin Nuggit (Buzzfeed -- 2025)
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Ross Bollinger Shorts (Pencilmation -- 2025)
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: Reanimated (Kolumbo / Newgrounds -- 2024)
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Bad Omens: Visualizers (Braintickle -- 2024)
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Dog Eats Chocolate (Mike Green -- 2023)
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Popeye: BBQ for Two Reanimated (Dirk Erik Schulz -- 2022)
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LEGO Batman (Braintickle -- 2022)
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Train of Death (Javier Barboza -- 2022)​
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ILLUSTRATIONS & COMICS
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QHS Posters / Designs (2023 - 2025)
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The Journal of Stoogeological Studies (2023)​
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Wellesley College (2023)
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My Laundry Monster (2022)
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NO CINEMA (2022)
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Bird’s Eye Comics (2021)
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VOICE ACTING
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Dracula 2: The Ride Home (2026)
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A Studio Digital (Directed by Will Heff -- 2024 & 2026)
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Stranger Danger (2023)
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The Return of Chrons Jones (Directed by Jack-Seber Morella -- 2023)
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Dracula, the Literal Moron (2022)
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Animal Instinct (Directed by Otis Meehan -- 2020)