Steve Martino

Stephen Michael "Steve" Martino (born July 21, 1959) is an American director and designer, best known for directing the films Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Peanuts Movie (2015).
==Early life==
Martino went to Ohio State University where he studied design. After graduation, he heard computer animation pioneer Chuck Csuri speak. "I was absolutely blown away. No one was doing what he was showing us. I hadn't seen images like that anywhere before," Martino said. He returned to the university and earned in 1989 a master's degree, studying at the Computer Graphics Research Group (later renamed to Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design), founded by Csuri.
==Career==
After graduation, Steve went to Los Angeles, where he worked in animation and visual effects. In 2001, he joined Connecticut-based Blue Sky Studios, owned by 20th Century Fox. There he co-directed computer-animated Horton Hears a Who! and Ice Age: Continental Drift. He directed The Peanuts Movie (2015), an animated feature film adaptation of Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.
In February 2018, it was reported that Martino and Karen Disher will direct an upcoming animated fantasy musical, under the working title Foster, for Blue Sky Studios. The film was originally scheduled for release on March 5, 2021, but was moved the date is unknown.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Director	Art department	Notes
2002	Gone Nutty 	 	 	Short film
2005	Robots 	 	 	Art director
2008	Horton Hears a Who! 	 	 	
2010	Scrat's Continental Crack-up 	 	 	Short film
2011	Scrat's Continental Crack-up: Part 2	 	 	Short film
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift 	 	 	
2015	The Peanuts Movie 	 	 	
TBA 	Foster 	 	 	Upcoming
===Television===
Year	Title 	Art department	Notes
1990	World of Discovery	 	Main title designer
==Critical reception==
Film 	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	IMDb
Film 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall
Horton Hears a Who! (2008) 	76% 	71% 	6.9
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)	37% 	49% 	6.7
The Peanuts Movie (2015) 	87% 	67% 	7.2
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
1991	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences 	World of DiscoveryShared with Jeff Doud, Jon Townley and Thomas Barham	
2006	Annie Award 	Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production 	RobotsShared with William Joyce 	
2016	Annie Award 	Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production	The Peanuts Movie 	
2016	African-American Film Critics Association	Best Animated Feature 	The Peanuts Movie 	
2016	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Animated Feature 	The Peanuts Movie 	
2016	Seattle Film Critics Award 	Best Animated Feature 	The Peanuts Movie 	
Category:American animated film directors
Category:Living people
Category:Blue Sky Studios people
Category:1959 births
Category:People from Dayton, Ohio
Category:Film directors from Ohio