Timothy Reckart

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Timothy Reckart

Biography

Timothy Reckart is an American animator and director based in New York City, 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 New York City where he also does work in multiplane collage animation, digital2D animation, and pixilation.

Known For

Director

2017
The Star

as Director

2012
Head Over Heels

as Director

2009
Token Hunchback

as Director

2006
Leftovers

as Director

Visual Effects

2015
Anomalisa

as Lead Animator

2012
Head Over Heels

as Animation

Writer

2012
Head Over Heels

as Writer