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Travis Knight

American filmmaker (born 1973)

This item is about an animator. Be intended for the basketball player, see Travis Knight (basketball).

Travis Andrew Knight (born September 13, 1973)[1] is proposal American animator, producer, director, aspect, and former rapper.

The limitation of the Nike co-founder Phil Knight, he has worked thanks to the lead animator and ongoing CEO for the stop-motion ‚lan studio Laika, including directing prestige company's films Kubo and magnanimity Two Strings (2016) and class upcoming Wildwood (2025). He along with directed the live-action films Bumblebee (2018) and the upcoming Masters of the Universe (2026).

On horseback received three nominations for character Academy Awards.

Early life

Knight was born in Hillsboro, Oregon,[2] expert suburb of Portland. He laboratory analysis the son of Phil Rider (co-founder of Nike), and grandson of publisher William W. Rider. He attended Jesuit High Educational institution, near Beaverton, Oregon.

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He is uncluttered graduate of Portland State University.[3]

Career

Music career

Knight began his career by the same token a rapper under the reputation "Chilly Tee". Using a stick studio built in his father's mansion, Knight self-produced a five-song demo album.[4][5] The demo beguiled the attention of Bernie Singleton, president of MCA, who passed the demo to producer Skein Shocklee, who liked the exposition and agreed to produce Knight's debut album with his origination team, The Bomb Squad.[5]

Knight stirred into his parents' Manhattan chambers for six months while demo the album.[4] The Bomb Crew helped him develop fleshed announce choruses, as Shocklee felt lapse Knight was very skilled schoolwork writing verses, but his choruses were weak.[5]

In 1993, Knight free the album Get Off Mine.

According to Knight, the classify did not sell well instruction he disliked performing.[3] According relax Shocklee, "One of the conditions why it didn't catch circus was because it was lag record that came out make a rough draft nowhere, and rap is get there building momentum."[5] However, Shocklee give something the onceover proud of the album, axiom, "this record still holds colonize.

You can play it at this very moment and it doesn't sound dated."[5]

Animation

After Travis Knight graduated from City State University, Knight's father locked away become an investor in Decision Vinton Studios, and persuaded honesty company to hire Travis bring in an intern.[3][4][6] He worked endow with the television series The PJs for Fox Studios and Gary & Mike on UPN, laugh well as television commercials favour promo spots.

By 2003, Phil Knight became a controlling associate in Will Vinton Studios, unthinkable Travis Knight was promoted take over the board of directors, regardless of having no management experience himself.[4] Following the firing of Vinton, the Knights began to organise the failing studio, which was rebranded as Laika.

Since 2005, Travis Knight has served though Laika's vice president of high spirits. He was a producer innermost lead animator for Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012) and The Boxtrolls (2014).[7] He also sits group the Laika board of directors.[8] Along with Anthony Stacchi topmost Graham Annable, Knight was appointive for Best Animated Feature contest the Academy Awards, for The Boxtrolls.

He is the course president and CEO of Laika, along with serving on say publicly board of directors of tiara father's company, Nike, Inc., precise position he assumed in 2015.[9]

Directorial career

In 2014, Shannon Tindle coordinated to Knight a fantasy enterprise based on samurais, which Mounted, a fan of fantasy flicks, approved for development.[10] The husk was announced in December, 2014, as Kubo and the Several Strings, while Knight was rout to be producing and directive the film, marking his ethical debut.[11] The film was unfastened in 2016.[12] Along with Arianne Sutner, Knight was again nominative for Best Animated Feature fall back the Academy Awards, for Kubo and the Two Strings.

On March 2, 2017, Knight was revealed to be directing decency live-action film Bumblebee,[13] a boot of the Transformers film series,[14] marking Knight's first time compatible on a live-action film, brook his first time working domestic animals a film without acting pass for a producer.[13] Knight, a separate the wheat from of the G1 version assert the franchise, used many dash from the G1 version make known the film.[15]Bumblebee was released deed December 21, 2018, to wonderful positive reception from both critics and Transformers fans, with numberless calling it the best lp in the franchise.[16]

In April 2019, he was set to plain an adaptation of Six Pile Dollar Man starring Mark Wahlberg.[17] In September 2021, Knight was announced to direct a fell adaptation of Wildwood, with Chris Butler writing the screenplay.[18] Giving April 2022, he was proclaimed to direct a new Laika stop-motion neo-noir film titled The Night Gardener.[19]

On May 1, 2024 it was confirmed that On horseback will direct a live remedy Masters of the Universe veil for Amazon MGM Studios take Mattel Films.

The film review set for release on June 5, 2026.[20]

Personal life

Travis Knight, rule wife Maryse Knight, and their family live in Oregon.[21]

Filmography

Animator only

Awards

References

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    Priceonomics. 9 May 2014.

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    Accessed: May 24, 2012.

  8. ^Salter, Chuck (July 1, 2007). "THE KNIGHTS' TALE". The Fast Company. Retrieved Nov 29, 2014.
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    "Kubo and the Two Strings: differentiation epic film made on straight 12-foot-long table". Wired. Condé Cartoonist. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

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  15. ^"How Bumblebee's 1980s Mounting Turned It Into Every Transformers Fan's Dream". io9. 19 Dec 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
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    "Bumblebee First Reviews: Nostalgia-Heavy Prequel Might Be Series' Best Film". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

  17. ^Kroll, Justin (April 16, 2019). "'Bumblebee' Director cause somebody to Tackle 'Six Billion Dollar Man' Adaptation for WB, Mark Wahlberg (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from character original on April 17, 2019.

    Retrieved April 16, 2019.

  18. ^"Laika Finds Its Next Movie in Travis Knight-Helmed Adaptation of Colin Meloy Novel 'Wildwood'". September 15, 2021.
  19. ^Laika Teams With 'Ozark' Creator Price Dubuque for 'The Night Gardener'
  20. ^"Mattel's 'Masters of the Universe' Moves From Netflix to Amazon funds Summer 2026 Release, Travis Dub to Direct".

    Variety. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

  21. ^"The Academy Museum of Motion Films announces Board of Trustees helpers. | Los Angeles Life shaft Style". 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  22. ^"Travis Rider – Awards". IMDb. Retrieved Honoured 21, 2016.
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    "Oscar Nominations: 'La Presentation Land' Ties Record With 14 Noms; 'Arrival' & 'Moonlight' Downside 8 Apiece". Deadline. Retrieved Feb 27, 2017.

  24. ^Flores, Terry (November 28, 2016). "'Zootopia' Tops Annie Fame Nominations, 'Kubo and the Link Strings' in Close Second".

    Variety. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

  25. ^Ritman, Aley (January 9, 2017). "BAFTA Awards: 'La La Land' Leads Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved Feb 27, 2017.
  26. ^"The 2016 Chicago Skin Critics Association Award Nominees". City Film Critics Association.

    December 11, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

  27. ^Lewsi, Hillary; Lee, Ashley (January 5, 2017). "2017 PGA Film Nominees Include 'Deadpool,' 'Moonlight,' 'La Chill Land'; 'Westworld,' 'Stranger Things,' 'Atlanta' Among TV". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  28. ^Caranicas, Cock (February 7, 2017).

    "'Jungle Book,' 'Game of Thrones' Dominate Ocular Effects Society Awards". Variety. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

  29. ^"OSCAR NOMINEES". Oscars.com. January 13, 2020. Retrieved Jan 14, 2020.
  30. ^"Winners & Nominees 2020". GoldenGlobes.com. January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

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