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Michael Thurmeier

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Writer
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Michael Thurmeier
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Michael Thurmeier is known for Ice Age (2002), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and Fight Club (1999).
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, and Chris Wedge in Ice Age (2002)
    Ice Age
    7.5
    • Animation Department
    • 2002
    John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, and Chris Wedge in Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
    Ice Age: Collision Course
    5.7
    • Director
    • 2016
    Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)
    Fight Club
    8.8
    • Visual Effects(as Mike Thurmeier, Blue Sky Studios)
    • 1999
    Will Smith, Rashida Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, DJ Khaled, Karen Gillan, and Tom Holland in Spies in Disguise (2019)
    Spies in Disguise
    6.8
    • Additional Crew(Blue Sky Studios)
    • 2019

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    Animation Department

    • Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
      Horton Hears a Who!
      6.8
      • senior supervising animator
      • 2008
    • Chris Wedge in Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
      Ice Age: The Meltdown
      6.8
      • supervising animator (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 2006
    • Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales (2005)
      Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales
      Video
      • layout artist (as Mike Thurmier)
      • 2005
    • Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, and Amanda Bynes in Robots (2005)
      Robots
      6.4
      • supervising animator (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 2005
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Chris Wedge in Gone Nutty (2002)
      Gone Nutty
      7.3
      Video
      • 3-D layout artist
      • animator
      • 2002
    • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, and Chris Wedge in Ice Age (2002)
      Ice Age
      7.5
      • lead animator
      • 2002
    • Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear (1999)
      Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear
      Video
      • layout artist (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 1999
    • Little Bear: Friends (1999)
      Little Bear: Friends
      Video
      • layout artist (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 1999
    • Kristin Fairlie and Janet-Laine Green in Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear (1998)
      Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear
      Video
      • layout artist (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 1998
    • Little Bear: Parties & Picnics (1998)
      Little Bear: Parties & Picnics
      Video
      • layout artist (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 1998
    • Ned's Newt (1997)
      Ned's Newt
      6.4
      TV Series
      • layout artist (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 1997
    • Denis Akiyama, Ashley Brown, Tara Strong, Amos Crawley, Diane D'Aquila, Kristin Fairlie, Kyle Fairlie, Janet-Laine Green, Elizabeth Hanna, Kay Hawtrey, Dan Hennessey, Ray Landry, Kathryn Long, Sean McCann, Marsha Moreau, Annick Obonsawin, Nadine Rabinovitch, Aemilia Robinson, Andrew Sabiston, Maurice Sendak, Ashley Taylor Tickell, Jonathan Wilson, Jennifer Martini, Terry McGurrin, Else Holmelund Minarik, and Tracy Ryan in Little Bear (1995)
      Little Bear
      7.3
      TV Series
      • layout artist
      • 1996–1997
    • Little Bear: Family Tales (1997)
      Little Bear: Family Tales
      Video
      • layout artist
      • 1997

    Director

    • Michael Thurmeier in Frowning Critters: The Movie (2024)
      Frowning Critters: The Movie
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Kroger: Today's Holiday Moments Are Tomorrow's Memories
      Video
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Chris Wedge in Scrat: Spaced Out (2016)
      Scrat: Spaced Out
      6.5
      Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, and Chris Wedge in Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
      Ice Age: Collision Course
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016)
      Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Director (as Mike Thurmeier, flashback sequence)
      • 2016
    • Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015)
      Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Jennifer Lopez, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart, Elton John, Ray Romano, Seann William Scott, Carlos Alazraqui, Ashley Paige Albert, Kristen Alderson, Kristen Ariza, Michael Beattie, Joy Behar, Bob Bergen, Edita Brychta, Christopher Campbell, Aimée Castle, Sebastian Cavazza, Cedric The Entertainer, Alain Chabat, Jim Conroy, Peter Dinklage, Karen Disher, Walt Dohrn, Nick Frost, Jason Harris, Sondra James, Tara Sands, Linda Joy, Ljubomir Kerekes, Selenis Leyva, Bill Lobley, Annie Tippe, Danny Mann, Mike Mitchell, James Palumbo, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Chris Phillips, Dennis T. Carnegie, Don Rickles, Peter Pamela Rose, Peter Sohn, Wanda Sykes, Randy Thom, Alan Tudyk, Aron Warner, Chris Wedge, Christopher Knights, Drake, Tarik Filipovic, Keith Silverstein, Ben Gleib, Ron McClary, Josh Gad, Edo Maajka, Corwin C. Tuggles, Kristen DeLuca, Keke Palmer, Alexandra Romano, Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo, Marieve Herington, Tashiana Washington, Jason Fricchione, Brian Scott McFadden, Vanessa Lemonides, Christopher Lee Parson, Aziz Ansari, George Jacobs, Rebel Wilson, Kunal Nayyar, Christina Martino, Ellie Martino, Danny Flaherty, Teri Reeves, Lucas Leguizamo, Allegra Leguizamo, Gabriel Rush, Alexa Kahn, Heather Elizabeth Morris, Ester Dean, Nicki Minaj, Seth Dusky, Matthew Simmons, Meghan Thurmeier, Nola Donkin, and Kristen Phaneuf in Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
      Ice Age: Continental Drift
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2012
    • The Scratist (2012)
      The Scratist
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 (2011)
      Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Bill Weisbach in Baby Einstein: Baby Neptune Discovering Water (2003)
      Scrat's Continental Crack-Up
      7.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
      Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
      6.9
      • Director (as Mike Thurmeier, co-directed by)
      • 2009
    • The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation (2007)
      The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation
      5.9
      • Director (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 2007
    • Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Vivaldi, Christopher Ward, Maurice Ravel, and Chris Wedge in No Time for Nuts (2006)
      No Time for Nuts
      7.5
      Video
      • Director
      • 2006

    Writer

    • Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)
      Ice Age: Scrat Tales
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • story by
      • 2022
    • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, and Chris Wedge in Ice Age (2002)
      Ice Age
      7.5
      • additional story (as Mike Thurmeier)
      • 2002
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    Ice Age: Continental Drift
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    Ice Age: Continental Drift

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