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 th...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Masters of the Universe
2026
Director
Almost two decades after crashing down to Earth, Prince Adam is whisked back across space to defend his home planet of Eternia against the evil forces...
Claydream
2022
as Self (archive footage)
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 revolutionize...
Missing Link
2019
Producer
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...
Bumblebee
2018
Director
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 ...
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
Director, Producer, Animation
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seek...
The Boxtrolls
2014
Producer, Animation
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 ...
ParaNorman
2012
Producer, Animation
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 d...
Coraline
2009
Animation
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...
Joe Blow
2004
CG Animator
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.
Ananda
2003
Animation
Directed by Mike Smith and Mark Gustafson for Sony Dreams.
Chilly Tee - "Get Off Mine"
1993
as Chilly Tee
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-m...
The Night Gardener
N/A
Director
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.
Wildwood
N/A
Director, Producer
Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But Prue McKeel is about ...
Piranesi
N/A
Director
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues,...
Atmosphere
N/A
Producer
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...