Timothy Reckart is an American

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and director based in

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, specializing in puppet

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. He is best known for his 2012 film ''Head over Heels'', nominated for the

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for

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in 2013. Reckart grew up in

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, where he attended University High School."Former Tucsonan Reckart snags Oscar nomination", ''Arizona Daily Star'', January 10, 2013
/ref> He studied History and Literature at

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where he graduated in 2009. He later attended the

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, UK, where he graduated in 2012 from the Directing Animation course. Reckart is currently based in

where he also does work in multiplane collage animation, digital

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, and

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. In 2017, he directed the Christian computer-animated film based on the

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, ''

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'', for

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Filmography

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'' (2006, director, writer, editor, producer) *''Token Hunchback'' (2009, director, writer) *'' Head over Heels'' (2012, director, writer, animator) *''Los Jarochos: A Sketch Show'' (2013, director, editor) *''

Tumble Leaf ''Tumble Leaf'' is an American animated series that premiered in 2014 on Amazon Prime Video. It is a stop motion animated series for preschool-aged children and is based on the short film ''Miro''. Created by animator Drew Hodges (''Saturday Nig ...

'' (2015, animator) *''

Anomalisa ''Anomalisa'' is a 2015 American adult stop motion animated psychological comedy-drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, who co-directed with Duke Johnson. It was based on Kaufman's 2005 audio play of the same name under his alias Fr ...

'' (2015, lead animator) *''

Armikrog ''Armikrog'' (stylized as ''Armikrog.'') is a stop-motion point-and-click adventure comedy game by Doug TenNapel in partnership with Pencil Test Studios and Versus Evil for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Xbox One. It i ...

'' (2015, animator) *'' Community'' (2015, animator) *''

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'' (2015, editor) *''Grand Opening'' (2016, director, writer) *''

'' (2017, director) *''

High in the Clouds ''High in the Clouds'' is a children's adventure novel written by musician/songwriter Paul McCartney and Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Geoff Dunbar, and published by Faber and Faber in October 2005. As writer/producer and animator/director, McCar ...

'' (2023, director)

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* * * 1980s births Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American directors American animators American animated film directors Stop motion animators Harvard University alumni Alumni of the National Film and Television School Sony Pictures Animation people {{US-animator-stub