He is the current president and CEO of Laika, along with serving on the board of directors of his father's company, Nike, Inc., a position he assumed in 2015. Along with Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable, Knight was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, for The Boxtrolls. He also sits on the Laika board of directors. He was a producer and lead animator for Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012) and The Boxtrolls (2014). Since 2005, Travis Knight has served as Laika's vice president of animation. Following the firing of Vinton, the Knights began to reorganize the failing studio, which was rebranded as Laika.
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He worked on the television series The PJs for Fox Studios and Gary & Mike on UPN, as well as television commercials and promo spots.īy 2003, Phil Knight became a controlling shareholder in Will Vinton Studios, and Travis Knight was promoted to the board of directors, despite having no management experience himself. You can play it now and it doesn't sound dated." Animation Īfter Travis Knight graduated from Portland State University, Knight's father had become an investor in Will Vinton Studios, and persuaded the company to hire Travis as an intern. According to Shocklee, "One of the reasons why it didn't catch on was because it was one record that came out of nowhere, and rap is about building momentum." However, Shocklee is proud of the album, saying, "this record still holds up. According to Knight, the record did not sell well and he disliked performing. In 1993, Knight released the album Get Off Mine. The Bomb Squad helped him develop fleshed out choruses, as Shocklee felt that Knight was very skilled at writing verses, but his choruses were weak.
Knight moved into his parents' Manhattan penthouse for six months while recording the album. The demo caught the attention of Bernie Singleton, president of MCA, who passed the demo to producer Hank Shocklee, who liked the demo and agreed to produce Knight's debut album with his production team, The Bomb Squad. Using a recording studio built in his father's mansion, Knight self-produced a five-song demo album. Knight began his career as a rapper under the name "Chilly Tee". He is a graduate of Portland State University. He attended Jesuit High School, near Beaverton, Oregon. He is the son of Penelope "Penny" (Parks) and Phil Knight (co-founder of Nike), and grandson of publisher William W. Knight was born in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb of Portland.
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