
Travis Knight
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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.
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After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam back to Eternia, where he discovers his home shattered under the fiendish rule of Skeletor. To save his family and his world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies, Teela and Duncan/Man-At-Arms, and embrace his true destiny as He-Man — the most powerful man in the universe.
Masters of the Universe

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Coraline

On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
Bumblebee

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
The Boxtrolls

Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Kubo and the Two Strings

In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.
ParaNorman

The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Trouble is, none of his small-minded, high-society peers seems to recognize this. Hoping to finally gain acceptance from these fellow adventurers, Sir Lionel travels to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature known as the missing link.
Missing Link

Prue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a forbidden magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable adversaries as they embark on a desperate quest to save Prue’s kidnapped baby brother, Mac, from the crows led by a mysterious woman named Alexandra.
Wildwood
Directed by Mike Smith and Mark Gustafson for Sony Dreams.
Ananda

A modern day Walt Disney, Will Vinton picked up a ball of clay and saw a world of potential. Known as the “Father of Claymation,” Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 80s and 90s. But after 30 years of being the unheralded king of clay, Will Vinton’s carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Structured around interviews with this charismatic pioneer and his close collaborators, the film charts the rise and fall of the Academy Award and Emmy winning Will Vinton Studios.
Claydream
Follows a famous actress whose upscale New York lifestyle is disrupted when a young man appears, claiming to be her long-lost son.
Audition

When Norman, Courtney, and Neil stumble into a creepy curiosity shop, paranormal chaos ensues...
ParaNorman: The Thrifting
A sweeping romance centered on two pioneering female astronauts breaking into NASA in the early days of the shuttle program in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
Atmosphere

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls, an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.
Piranesi
A gritty neo-noir folktale centered on a young man in rural Missouri, who’s fighting to keep his family together in the wake of a tragedy.
The Night Gardener

Travis Andrew Knight is an American animator, producer, director, and former rapper who has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, and directed the films Kubo and the Two Strings and Bumblebee.
Chilly Tee - "Get Off Mine"

Poor Joe puts his all into making his first date a perfect evening, only to have the effort of seduction get the better of him.