Michael Thurmeier
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| Born | Michael Thurmeier 1975 (age 49–50)[1] Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, film director |
| Notable work | Ice Age: Continental Drift Ice Age: Collision Course |
Michael Thurmeier is a Canadian animator and film director.[2] He is best known for directing the films Ice Age: Continental Drift and Ice Age: Collision Course.
Life
Thurmeier was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and went to Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School.[3] Although he liked to draw, he wanted to become a lawyer, but he changed his mind when Aladdin came out in the last year of high school.[3]
Career
After he joined Blue Sky Studios, he served as an animator for Fight Club and The Sopranos. He later served as a supervising animator for Ice Age, Robots, and Ice Age: The Meltdown.
His first directing job was in 2006, when he co-directed the short animated film No Time for Nuts, starring Scrat for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He was a co-director on Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), and made his feature directing debut with Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). Thurmeier returned to direct Ice Age: Collision Course (2016).
Filmography
Feature Films
| Year | Title | Director | Animator | Other | Notes |
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| 1999 | Fight Club | No | Yes | No | Animator: Blue Sky Studios |
| 2002 | Ice Age | No | Lead | Yes | Additional Story, Lead Animator |
| 2005 | Robots | No | Supervising | No | Supervising Animator |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | No | Supervising | No | Supervising Animator |
| 2008 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who | No | Senior Supervising | No | Senior Supervising Animator |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Co-Director | No | No | |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Yes | No | No | |
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course | Yes | No | Yes | Voice of Gravedigger Beaver/Party Molehog |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | No | No | Yes | Senior Creative Team |
Short Films
| Year | Title | Director | Animator | Layout Artist | Notes |
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| 2002 | Gone Nutty | No | Yes | 3-D | 3-D Layout Artist |
| 2006 | No Time for Nuts | Yes | No | No |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | The Sopranos | animator: Blue Sky Studios | episode: "Funhouse" |
References
- ^ Baillie, Andrea (October 26, 2009). "Regina-born director of 'Ice Age 3' baffled by franchise success". CTV News. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
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- ^ Sullivan, Karen; Schumer, Gary; Alexander, Kate (2008-02-19). Ideas for the animated short: finding and building stories. Focal Press. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-240-80860-4. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ a b Christianson, Adriana (July 13, 2012). "Saskatchewan-born director helms new movie `Ice Age 4: Continental Drift'". Rocky View Weekly. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
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