Mike Thurmeier

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Mike Thurmeier
Born
Michael Thurmeier

1975 (age 45–46)[1]
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
OccupationDirector, animator
Notable work
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,
Ice Age: Continental Drift,
Ice Age: Collision Course

Michael 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 for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. 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[]

Feature Films[]

Year Title Director Animator Other Notes
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
2002 Gone Nutty No Yes 3-D 3-D Layout Artist
2006 No Time for Nuts Yes No No

Television[]

Year Film Role Notes
2000 The Sopranos animator: Blue Sky Studios episode: "Funhouse"

References[]

  1. ^ 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. Thurmeier, 34,...
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Jump up to: 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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