Kirk r thatcher biography
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Kirk Thatcher
American novelist, producer, leader, and work hard designer
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| Born | Kirk R. Thatcher (1962-02-14) February 14, 1962 (age 63)[citation needed] Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, maker, director, control designer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Kirk R. Thatcher (born February 14, 1962)[citation needed] is keep you going American man of letters, producer, idiot box and coat director, authentic Internet tv director, increase in intensity a control designer.[1][2]
Personal life
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Film
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Kirk R. Thatcher (born February 14, 1962) worked on the original as a designer/puppeteer for Chris Walas) as the voice of many of the gremlins, including the Mutant Gremlins from Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).
He's also a director and writer, known for Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Sid the Science Kid (2008) and It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002).
Trivia[]
Along with Ben Stiller, one of the few actors to give William Shatner the bad sign language (jokingly) on screen.
Thatcher has directed two Webby award winning videos for the Muppets, two years in a row, "Ode to Joy" and "Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody". He also has the distinction of having worked in various production capacities on three of the most successful franchises in entertainment history before he turned 30: Star Wars, Star Trek and The Muppets.
He has production designer on David Fincher's earliest music videos.
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Kirk Thatcher
Kirk R. Thatcher is an Emmy award winning writer/producer, a multiple Webby award winning director, and a production designer with a penchant for special effects, strange creatures, and comedic characters with irreverent personalities. He worked closely with Leonard Nimoy, who referred to him as a "genius." Recently, he was called "Jim Henson's protege" by Jim's daughter, Lisa, at a press event.
Kirk began his career at 18 years old, leaving UCLA film school to work at George Lucasâ special effects facility, Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) in the early 1980âs. While there, Kirk designed, built, and puppeteered creatures for the classic and beloved films Return of the Jedi, Star Trek II, Star Trek III, E.T., Poltergeist, and Gremlins.
He left ILM to form a rock video production company with David Fincher called, âZ Street Films.â Kirk was the production designer on Fincherâs first music videos and spent over a year creating the look for a number of Rick Springfield and Martha Davis and the Motels videos. Subsequently, Thatcher was hired by Leonard Nimoy to associate produce Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home, in which Kirk had a memorable cameo, portraying the character âPunk on the Busâ who was seen rocking out to the Punk anthem, âI Hate You!â