Travis Knight

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-09-13 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Hillsboro, Oregon, USA

Travis Knight

Biography

Travis Andrew Knight (born September 13, 1973) is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper. The son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, including directing the company's films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and the upcoming Wildwood (2025). He also directed the live-action films Bumblebee (2018) and the upcoming Masters of the Universe (2026). Knight received three nominations for the Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Travis Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2022

Claydream

as Self (archive footage)

Production

2012

ParaNorman

as Producer

-

2014

The Boxtrolls

as Producer

-

Wildwood

as Director

-

Wildwood

as Producer

2014

The Boxtrolls

as Animation

2009

Coraline

as Animation

2012

ParaNorman

as Animation

2003

Ananda

as Animation

2018

Bumblebee

as Director

-

Piranesi

as Director

2019

Missing Link

as Producer

2016

2004

Joe Blow

as CG Animator

-

Atmosphere

as Producer

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