Jeff Fowler is an American

filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

, animator, and

visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...

artist. He was nominated for the

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for

Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...

as writer and director of the short animated film '' Gopher Broke'' (2004). He made his theatrical directorial debut with the live-action adaptation of ''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games are platformers mo ...

'' (2020), and returned to direct the 2022 sequel.Sonic The Hedgehog Director Jeff Fowler on Redesigning Sonic - ComingSoon.net
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Career

Fowler served as an animator for the 2003 short film ''Rockfish'' and the 2009 film ''

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''. He only served as an actor once in ''

Gilmore Girls ''Gilmore Girls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore). The show debuted on October 5, 2000, on The WB and became a flagshi ...

'', voicing Bob as a minor role in the episode ''Eight O'Clock at the Oasis''. In 2004, he wrote, directed, storyboarded, laid out the art, and animated '' Gopher Broke''. He also wrote and animated ''A Gentleman's Duel''. Fowler worked on the CGI movie production for the 2005 video game ''

Shadow the Hedgehog is a fictional character appearing in Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. Shadow was created by Takashi Iizuka and Shiro Maekawa, and first made his debut in ''Sonic Adventure 2'' (2001). Although this was intended to be his only appearan ...

''. He would later go on to direct ''

'', a film based on the video game franchise of the same name. The film was originally set to release in November 2019, but due to widespread criticism toward

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's design, it was delayed to February 14, 2020 to change the design. The new design for Sonic was revealed in November 2019, garnering far more positive responses from fans and critics. Fowler directed a sequel to ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' titled ''

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'', which released on April 8, 2022. He is set to direct a reboot of ''

The Pink Panther ''The Pink Panther'' is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the classic film '' The Pi ...

'', which is in development.

Filmography

Film

Shorts

Television

Video games

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Jeff American film directors American film producers American male screenwriters Living people Visual effects artists Ringling College of Art and Design alumni Year of birth missing (living people)