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Michael Thurmeier | |
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Born | 1975 (age 48–49)[1] Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Years active | 1999–present |
Employer(s) | Blue Sky Studios (1999–2021) Disney Animation Studios (2021–present) |
Michael Thurmeier is a Canadian film director and animator.[2] He is best known for directing the Blue Sky Studios animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), which are the fourth and fifth installments in the Ice Age franchise. Along with Chris Renaud, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the Ice Age short film No Time for Nuts (2006).
Thurmeier, 34,...