Michael Thurmeier

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Mike Thurmeier is a Canadian animator and film director, best known for his work in the Ice Age franchise.

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Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – An animal looking up at an animal that is swimming in the water; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – An ice age scene with a mammoth and an ice age animal; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A couple of animals sitting on top of a cliff; Wide shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated picture of a large rock cliff; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An aerial view of a rocky area with trees and a river; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An artistic rendering of a group of animals in the desert; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A yellow flower floating on top of a green leaf; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A large iceberg in the middle of a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A forest scene with flowers and plants in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A bird flying over a cliff in a forest; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A group of people standing on top of a cliff; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an ice cave with a person in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A person is standing on a cliff while another person is standing on a cliff; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated character sitting on the ground in the sand; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated scene of a cat standing in the woods; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A group of three dinosaurs standing next to a pile of broccoli; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated scene of an animal in the jungle; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – An oil painting of a mountainous area with trees; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an image of a pond in the woods; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animal with a flower on its head in the water; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated walrus standing on top of an ice floe in the ocean; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A table set up for a formal dinner with trees; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A group of people standing in the grass near a body of water; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – A painting of a person skiing down a snowy slope; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an animated scene with a waterfall and rocks; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An aerial view of a mountain range with snow on it's tops; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An artistic painting of a jungle with trees and plants; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An artist's rendering of a forest with snow on the ground; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A statue in the middle of a valley with a mountain in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A person sitting on top of a cliff in the middle of the jungle; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A painting of a jungle with a waterfall; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animal sitting on top of a cliff; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A couple of animals that are standing in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an animated dinosaur looking at a flower in a pond; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A couple of mice standing next to each other on some rocks; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated elephant with a long nose and long tusks; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – An artist's rendering of a woman holding a baby; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animal with big pink eyes is looking at the camera; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An ice age character is surrounded by acorns; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A group of cartoon squirrels sitting on top of a tree stump; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – An animal with long tentacles is looking at the camera; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an animated scene with a couple of animals; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – A painting of two bears in the middle of a field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an ocean with a waterfall in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An ice age character is standing in front of a statue; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An aerial view of a forest with a person walking on the ground; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated monkey with a long beard is looking at the camera; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A group of animals that are standing in the dirt; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An ice age movie scene with a woolly mammoth and a hedgehog; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A bear sitting on top of a rock on top of a mountain; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated dog with a big smile on its face; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an ice age movie scene; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animal with a long nose and a long tail; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A cartoon character with a hat on; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an empty field with a sunset in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – Two wooly mammoths and a baby mammoth in a forest; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an animated character with a long blond hair; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated dog with big eyes and a tree trunk; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An ice age character and an animal; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an ocean that has a lot of ice in it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an ocean with a cliff and a beach; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A group of cartoon characters in a forest; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animal with horns is standing in a pile of dirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An island in the middle of the ocean with trees growing on it; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated dog with a green object in its mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A group of animals that are standing in the dirt; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an animated jungle scene with trees; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A red and brown dragon with three baby dinosaurs; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated scene of a meerkat standing in the water; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of a person standing in the snow; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated dog with a leaf on its head; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated bear with a surprised look on its face; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An artistic rendering of an apple and a plant; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated goat looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated monkey is holding on to the edge of the water; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an animal that is in the jungle; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An ice age character is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An animated animal is sitting in a hole; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A couple of animals that are standing in the dirt; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An ice age character with a weird look on his face; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – View of a group of elephants; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – A small child sitting in front of a tunnel; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An image of an iceberg floating in the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – An artistic rendering of a lake with a bridge in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” (2009), directed by Michael Thurmeier – View of the head of a dragon; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (2012), directed by Michael Thurmeier – A scene with a monkey hanging from a tree; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – An illustration of a saber tooth tiger with a sky background; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Ice Age” (2002), directed by Chris Wedge – An ice skating animal is holding something in his mouth; Medium shot, High angle

Ice Age

(2002)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

(2009)

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift

(2012)