Michael Thurmeier

Michael Thurmeier
Born1975 (age 4950)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • animator
Years active1999–present
EmployerBlue 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).