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Michael "Mike" Thurmeier is a Canadian-American animator and director at Blue Sky Studios. He is most famous for co-directing Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Ice Age: Continental Drift. Thurmeier went to Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School. After he joined Blue Sky Studios, he served as an animator for Fight Club and The Sopranos. He later served as a supervising animator for Ice Age,...  MORE

Michael "Mike" Thurmeier is a Canadian-American animator and director at Blue Sky Studios. He is most famous for co-directing Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Ice Age: Continental Drift. Thurmeier went to Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School. After he joined Blue Sky Studios, he served as an animator for Fight Club and The Sopranos. He later served as a supervising animator for Ice Age, Robots, and Ice Age: The Meltdown. At Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School, in the Choir room, there is a huge Ice Age poster with Mike Thurmeir's signature on it. His first directing job was in 2006 when he co-directed a short animated film, No Time for Nuts, starring Scrat. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was his feature directing debut, followed in 2012 by Ice Age: Continental Drift. LESS