Portrait of Michael Thurmeier

Directing

Michael Thurmeier

Career

Active from 2006 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ice Age: Scrat Tales
Ice Age: Scrat Tales
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 3.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Thurmeier Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    1.5, average 5.5
  • Social Commentary
    1.5, average 4.9
  • Crime
    0.4, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Animated Short 4
  • Slapstick Comedy 4
  • Acorn Obsession 3
  • Family-Friendly Adventure 2
  • Visual Spectacle 2
  • Prehistoric Comedy 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Family-Friendly Fun 2
  • Visual Gags 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Anubis
Anubis

Director

2020s

1 title
Today’s Holiday Moments are Tomorrow’s Memories
Today’s Holiday Moments are Tomorrow’s Memories (2022)

Director

2010s

7 titles · average score 58
Ice Age: Collision Course
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
GoodWatch score 37

as Gravedigger Beaver / Party Molehog (voice)

Scrat: Spaced Out
Scrat: Spaced Out (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D
Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4-D (2015)

Director

Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 (2011)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Scrat's Continental Crack-Up
Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

2000s

8 titles · average score 67
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

Co-Director

Scrat in Love
Scrat in Love (2009)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
GoodWatch score 71

Visual Effects

No Time for Nuts
No Time for Nuts (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

Supervising Animator, Visual Effects

Robots
Robots (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

Supervising Animator, Visual Effects

Ice Age
Ice Age (2002)
GoodWatch score 72

Additional Writing, Lead Animator

Gone Nutty
Gone Nutty (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

Layout, Visual Effects

1990s

1 title · average score 81
Fight Club
Fight Club (1999)
GoodWatch score 81

Visual Effects