John F Tupper

Unique traits: I have an environmental degree and a great love of the natural world. My animated feature film stories reflect that, whether it's about saving the rainforest and its creatures, in "Spirit of the Rain," or remembering the central, and almost spiritual, importance of water in the desert, in "Desert Rat." I also have an interest in science. As a high school student I spent a day each week as a space biology intern in a brain research lab at NASA Ames. That experience, and my work as an aerospace engineering designer with projects that carried out missions in space, became my inspiration for my animated series, 'Mouse Brains,' about a clever young street mouse who gets recruited into an elite class of 'Moustronauts,' training to become the first mice to go to Mars.

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  Spirit of the Rain Budget: $30M+ | Animation ⋄ Adventure The family of a young late-bloomer macaw is captured by pet trappers, and to save them he must partner with the enemy and some funny rainforest creatures to call on the Spirit of the Rain to save his world.

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  Desert Rat Action ⋄ Adventure ⋄ Animation After losing the life he had full of food, family and friends, a young desert rat sets out on an adventure to the Colorado River that will not only change the course of the river, but forever change the landscape and future of the world he grew up in.

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  On the Rise (2009)
  Film (Comedy, Fantasy, Animation and Short) Writer Zeke is a sheep rancher whose solution to global warming is to attach large weather balloons to the back ends of his sheep. The results are spectacular.

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  On the Rise
  Film (short) 3D Animator

• Quarter Finalist: Screen Craft Animation & Family; "Spirit of the Rain"
  (2024)

• Winner: Best First-Time Screen Writer" - "Spirit of the Rain" - Los Angeles Animation Festival
  (2024)

• Winner: Best Feature Screenplay Animation - "Desert Rat" -New York Screenwriting Awards - Winter '24
  (2024)

• Winner: Best First-Time Screen Writer - "Spirit of the Rain" - Los Angeles Animation Festival
  (2024)

• People's Telly Award - Silver: Non-Broadcast Production for "Little Beam Meets Space Invader."
  (2018)

• Telly award - Bronze: Craft Fully Animated Piece for "Little Beam Meets Space Invader."
  (2018)

• Filmmatic Screenplay Awards - Category winner; Family Film for "Spirit of the Rain."
  (2017)

• Finalist: Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship: Family Film Category; "Spirit of the Rain"
  (2017)

• “On the Rise,” (2009- animated short): - Worldfest (2011)- Platinum, Jam Fest (2010) - Gold, California Film Awards (2011) - Silver, DIY Film Fest (2011)- Best Animated Short, “Indie” Award of Merit (2010), Blue Plum Animation Fest (2010)- Audience Choice

• “Spirit of the Rain,” (animated feature screenplay): Worldfest (2012)– Silver REMI, California Film Awards (2012) - Diamond Award, NewYork Screenplay Contest (2012) – Finalist, Hollywood Screenplay Contest (2011)– Finalist, Writemovies (2011)- Semi-Fina

• Photography: “Rock on the Merced” – Best of show.

• TV Production: 2: BACE Awards for TV show "Priority 1"

• West Valley College
  (2011)

• San Jose State University
  (2011)

• DeAnza College
  (2011)