Steve Martino

Stephen Michael "Steve" Martino[2] (born July 21, 1959)[2] is an American director and designer, best known for directing the films Horton Hears a Who!(2008), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), The Peanuts Movie (2015) and Hair & Meow (2023).
==Early life==
Martino went to Ohio State University where he studied design.[3] 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,[1] studying at the Computer Graphics Research Group (later renamed to Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design), founded by Csuri.[3]
==Career==
After graduation, Steve went to Los Angeles, where he worked in animation and visual effects.[3] In 2001, he joined Connecticut-based Blue Sky Studios, owned by 20th Century Fox.[1] There he co-directed computer-animated Horton Hears a Who! and Ice Age: Continental Drift.[3] He directed The Peanuts Movie (2015), an animated feature film adaptation of Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.[4]
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 is set to be released on March 5, 2021.[5][6]
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Director	Art department	Notes
2002	Gone Nutty 	 	Yes 	Short film
2005	Summer Belongs Movie 	 	 	
2005	Robots 	 	Yes 	Art director
2008	Horton Hears a Who! 	Yes 	 	
2010	Scrat's Continental Crack-up 	Yes 	 	Short film
2011	Scrat's Continental Crack-up: Part 2 	Yes 	 	Short film
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift 	Yes 	 	
2013	Peaches' Big Movie 	Yes 	 	
2015	The Peanuts Movie 	Yes 	 	
2019	Spies in Disguise 	 	Yes 	Additonal story artist
2020	Valentines Day Madeness, a GoAnimate short	 	Yes 	Art director
Upcoming
Short film
2021	Foster 	Yes 	 	Upcoming
2023	Go!Animate the Movie 	 	Yes 	Art director
2030	Hair & Meow 	Yes 	No 	No
===Television===
Year	Title 	Art department	Notes
1990	World of Discovery	Yes 	Main title designer
==Critical reception==
Film 	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	IMDb
Film 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall
Horton Hears a Who! (2008) 	76%[7] 	71%[8] 	6.9[9]
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)	37%[10] 	49%[11] 	6.7[12]
The Peanuts Movie (2015) 	87%[13] 	67%[14] 	7.2[15]
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
1991	Primetime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences 	World of Discovery
Shared with Jeff Doud, Jon Townley and Thomas Barham	Won
2006	Annie Award 	Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production 	Robots
Shared with William Joyce	Nominated
2016	Annie Award 	Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production	The Peanuts Movie	Nominated
2016	African-American Film Critics Association	Best Animated Feature 	The Peanuts Movie	Won
2016	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Animated Feature 	The Peanuts Movie	Nominated
2016	Seattle Film Critics Award 	Best Animated Feature 	The Peanuts Movie	Nominated
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