Tim Johnson (film director)

Tim Johnson (born August 27, 1961) is an American film director. Johnson has directed many films for DreamWorks Animation such as Antz, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and Over the Hedge. Recently, he directed the 2019 film How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming.
==Life and career==
Johnson was born in Chicago. He studied at Northwestern University where he earned a BA in English Literature. He also produced two animated films; both of which earned Richter Grant Organization Awards.
Upon graduating, he worked for two years as a freelance animator and director. His introduction to computer animation came in 1985 while he worked on the staff at Post Effects in Chicago. He later joined Pacific Data Images in 1988 and two years later co-founded the studio's Character Animation Group. He also directed the first CG Pillsbury Doughboy commercial.
Johnson won two Annie awards on Antz and Over the Hedge, an Audience Award on Over the Hedge, and a Grand Prize for The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror VI".
While at DreamWorks Animation, he also directed Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Home (an adaptation of The True Meaning of Smekday), and the Christmas television special Kung Fu Panda Holiday, and additionally served as executive producer for How to Train Your Dragon.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role
1995	No More Fairy Tales? An Hoodwinked Short Film	Director, Writer, Character Animator, Art Director (short film)
1998	Antz 	Director, Idea
2000	Cyberworld 	Director: Antz segment, Animation Director: Homer3 segment
2001	Shrek 	Special Thanks
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 	Director
2006	Over the Hedge 	Director, Screen Story
2006	Hammy's Boomerang Adventure 	Creative Consultant
2010	How to Train Your Dragon 	Executive Producer
2015	Home 	Director
2019	Abominable 	Executive Producer
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming 	Director
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role
1995	Treehouse of Horror VI	Computer Animation Director
2010	Kung Fu Panda Holiday 	Director
Category:1961 births
Category:Living people
Category:American film directors
Category:American animators
Category:American film producers
Category:American animated film directors
Category:American animated film producers
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:DreamWorks Animation people
Category:Annie Award winners
Category:Northwestern University alumni