Travis Knight

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1973-09-13 (51 years old)

Place of Birth Hillsboro, Oregon, USA

Also Known As Трэвис Найт

Travis Knight

Biography

Travis Andrew Knight (born September 13, 1973) is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper. The son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, including directing the company's films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and the upcoming Wildwood (2025). He also directed the live-action films Bumblebee (2018) and the upcoming Masters of the Universe (2026). Knight received three nominations for the Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Travis Knight, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

Piranesi

as Director

Wildwood

as Director

The Night Gardener

as Director

2026
2018
Bumblebee

as Director

2016

Visual Effects

2016
2014
The Boxtrolls

as Animation

2012
ParaNorman

as Animation

2009
Coraline

as Animation

2004
Joe Blow

as CG Animator

2003
Ananda

as Animation

Producer

Wildwood

as Producer

2019
Missing Link

as Producer

2016
2014
The Boxtrolls

as Producer

2012
ParaNorman

as Producer

Actor

2022
Claydream

as Self (archive footage)

1993