Please answer the following question: What key details about tim hodge can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: timothy '' tim '' hodge -lrb- born april 2 , 1963 -rrb- is an american voice actor , story artist , writer , animator , comedian , and director at big idea entertainment in nashville , tennessee , where he has works on the '' veggietales '' videos as well other projects like '' 3-2-1 penguins ! '' . hodge became interested in film-making while he was in 7th grade when he stumbled upon his dad 's 8 mm camera and spent his summer making short films using clay and other materials . hodge later went on to attend oral roberts university in tulsa , oklahoma . he got his first job in animation at the now defunct willming-reams animation studio in san antonio , texas , where he drew animated television commercials for seven years , at the same time studying at the san antonio art institute . he later joined the walt disney feature animation studio located at the disney/mgm studios theme park in orlando , florida . while at disney , he also worked as story artist on films like '' mulan '' , '' john henry '' for disney 's american legends video and '' brother bear '' . it was in 2000 that he took his family and moved north to chicago , illinois to join the studios of big idea productions at the yorktown center mall and started working in computer animation . hodge 's directorial debut at big idea , '' lyle the kindly viking '' , won the best direct to video animated release at the 2001 world animation celebration . he was nominated for an annie award for best vocal performance in 2003 for his role as khalil in '' '' . hodge won 1st runner-up for his live-action short film '' soccer mom detective '' in 2008 . he currently resides in franklin , tennessee .
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- years active is 1993-present- birth name is timothy hodge- other name is timothy hodge , timm hodge- birth date is 2 april 1963- name is tim hodge- nationality is american- website is -lsb- http://www.timothyhodge.com/]- birth place is boaz , alabama , u.s.- occupation is voice , animator , comedian , executive producer , producer actor , writer , director , storyboard artist