Mike Thurmeier
| Mike Thurmeier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Thurmeier 1975 (age 40–41)[1] Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation | Director, animator |
| Notable work |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age: Continental Drift |
Michael "Mike" Thurmeier is a Canadian animator and director at Blue Sky Studios.[2] He is most famous for co-directing Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Ice Age: Continental Drift.
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]
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 a short animated film, No Time for Nuts, starring Scrat. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) was his feature directing debut, followed in 2012 by Ice Age: Continental Drift. Thurmeier returned to direct Ice Age: Collision Course along with Galen T. Chu. It is the fifth film in the franchise, and was released to theaters on July 22, 2016.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fight Club | animator: Blue Sky Studios | |
| 2002 | Ice Age | writer: additional story/lead animator | |
| Gone Nutty | animator/3-D layout artist | short film | |
| 2005 | Robots | supervising animator | |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | supervising animator | |
| No Time for Nuts | director (with Chris Renaud) | short film | |
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who | senior supervising animator | |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | co-director (with Carlos Saldanha) | |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | director (with Steve Martino) | |
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course[4] | director (with Galen T. Chu) |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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|archive-url=is malformed: timestamp (help) - ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Christianson, Adriana (July 13, 2012). "Saskatchewan-born director helms new movie `Ice Age 4: Continental Drift'". Rocky View Weekly. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ↑ Lowe, Kinsey (August 7, 2015). "'Ice Age 5′ Gets Title, Date Change; Weinstein Co. Adjusts 'About Ray'". Deadline. Retrieved August 8, 2015.