Timothy Reckart

Timothy Reckart
Born 1986/1987 (age 29–30)[1]
United States
Occupation Film director, animator
Website http://www.timreckart.com

Timothy Reckart is an American animator and director based in Los Angeles, specializing in puppet stop motion. He is best known for his 2012 film Head Over Heels, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2013.[2]

Reckart grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where he attended University High School.[3] He studied history and literature at Harvard University where he graduated in 2009.[3] He later attended the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK, where he graduated in 2012 from the Directing Animation course.[4] Reckart is currently based in Los Angeles where he also does work in multiplane collage animation, digital 2D animation, and pixilation. For 2017, he is directing at Sony Pictures Animation a computer-animated film The Star, previously titled The Lamb, which tells a "story of a young sheep whose destiny is to change the world."[5][6]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Belz, Emily (February 23, 2013). "Hearts in clay". World. Retrieved May 9, 2015. ...,but it comes from a 26-year-old, unmarried filmmaker.
  2. ↑ Oscar.go.com
  3. 1 2 "Former Tucsonan Reckart snags Oscar nomination", Arizona Daily Star, January 10, 2013
  4. ↑ Nfts.co.uk
  5. ↑ Flores, Terry (April 7, 2015). "Oscar-Nommed Timothy Reckart to Make Feature Directing Debut on Sony Toon (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Kroll, Justin (August 5, 2015). "Sony Dates 16 Films Including Two More 'Bad Boys' Sequels, 'Jumanji' Remake". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2015.



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