Exclusive: Oscar-nominated director and animator Timothy Reckart has signed with Apa and The Gotham Group. Reckart specializes in stop-motion animation and gained acclaim earlier this year for Head Over Heels. The only Oscar-nominated animated short that was a student film, it examines a marriage from a unique perspective where the wife lives on the ceiling and the husband on the floor. It was his student thesis at the National Film & Television School in the UK. Reckart has a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an Ma in directing animation from the National Film & Television School. Related: Film Student Takes On Studios In David Vs. Goliath Battle For Oscar Reckhart joins several other Apa newcomers, helmers who are capitalizing on short films as a way to catapult to features. They include Wes Ball, who is currently in pre-production on The Maze Runner for Fox and sold his short Ruin to the studio,...
- 4/9/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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