Tim Johnson (film director)
Tim Johnson | |
---|---|
Born | [1] Chicago[2] |
August 27, 1961
Alma mater | Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences[3] |
Occupation | Film director, animator |
Years active | 1990 – Present |
Employer | DreamWorks Animation |
Tim Johnson (born August 27, 1961) is an American animation director. Johnson has directed in many films such as Antz, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Over the Hedge. Recently, he directed the DreamWorks 3D film Home.
Life and career
Johnson was born in Chicago. He studied at Northwestern University where he earned a BA in English Literature. He also produced two animated films; both of which earned Richard Grant Organization Awards.[4]
Upon graduating, he worked for two years as a freelance animator and director. His introduction to computer animation came in 1985 while he worked on the staff at Post Effects in Chicago.[4] He later joined Pacific Data Images (PDI) in 1988 and two years later co-founded the studio's Character Animation Group.[4] He also directed the first CG Pillsbury Doughboy commercial.
Johnson won two Annie awards on Antz and Over the Hedge, an Audience Award on Over the Hedge, and a Grand Prize for The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror VI".
He served as executive producer for How to Train Your Dragon.
He directed Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special and Home, DreamWorks Animation's 2015 animated feature film adaptation of The True Meaning of Smekday.[5][6][7]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
1995 | No More Fairy Tales? An Hoodwinked Short Film | Character Animator, Art Director, Writer and Director (short film) |
1998 | Antz | Director, Idea |
2000 | Cyberworld | Director: Antz segment, Animation Director: Homer3 segment |
2003 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Director |
2006 | Over the Hedge | Director, Screen Story |
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | Creative Consultant | |
2010 | How To Train Your Dragon | Executive Producer |
2015 | Home[5][6] | Director |
TBA | Rumblewick[8] | Director, writer |
Television
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
1995 | Treehouse of Horror VI | Computer Animation Director |
2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special | Director |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Use mdy dates from November 2013
- Articles with hCards
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American film directors
- American animators
- American film producers
- Animated film directors
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- DreamWorks Animation people
- Annie Award winners
- Northwestern University alumni
- American film director stubs