Michael Thurmeier
| Michael Thurmeier | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | 
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| Years active | 1999–present | 
| Employer | Blue Sky Studios (1999–2021) | 
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 (2012) 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).