Timothy Reckart is an American animator and director based in Los
Angeles, specializing in puppet stop motion. He is best known for his
2012 film Head over Heels, nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Animated Short Film in 2013.Reckart grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where
he attended University High School. He studied history and literature
at Harvard University where he graduated in 2009. He later attended
the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield,
Buckinghamshire, UK, where he graduated in 2012 from the Directing
Animation course. Reckart is currently based in Los Angeles where he
also does work in multiplane collage animation, digital 2D animation,
and pixilation. In 2017, he directed the Christian computer-animated
film based on the Nativity of Jesus, The Star, for Sony Pictures
Animation.
Angeles, specializing in puppet stop motion. He is best known for his
2012 film Head over Heels, nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Animated Short Film in 2013.Reckart grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where
he attended University High School. He studied history and literature
at Harvard University where he graduated in 2009. He later attended
the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield,
Buckinghamshire, UK, where he graduated in 2012 from the Directing
Animation course. Reckart is currently based in Los Angeles where he
also does work in multiplane collage animation, digital 2D animation,
and pixilation. In 2017, he directed the Christian computer-animated
film based on the Nativity of Jesus, The Star, for Sony Pictures
Animation.
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