Mike Thurmeier

Michael Thurmeier is a Canadian film director and animator. He is best known for directing the Blue Sky Studios animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift 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).

Early life and education Thurmeier was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and went to Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School. Although he enjoyed drawing for much of his early life, he was more interested in becoming a lawyer, but he changed his mind after seeing Aladdin in his last year of high school. 2011 Scrat's Continental Crack-Up Part 2 2015 Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe Acts as extended Ice Age: Collision Course Teaser Trailer 2016 Scrat: Spaced Out Ice Age: Collision Course archive and deleted footage 2022 Ice Age: Scrat Tales Disney+ Original Short Films; Ice Age Creative Trust; Story - Episode: "Nut the End"

Television Year Film Role Notes 2000 The Sopranos animator: Blue Sky Studios episode: "Funhouse"