Stephen Michael "Steve" Martino (born July 21, 1959) is an American
director and designer, best known for directing the films Horton Hears
a Who Continental Drift (2012) and The Peanuts Movie (2015).Martino
went to Ohio State University where he studied design. After
graduation, he heard computer animation pioneer Chuck Csuri speak. "I
was absolutely blown away. No one was doing what he was showing us. I
hadn't seen images like that anywhere before," Martino said. He
returned to the university and earned in 1989 a master's degree,
studying at the Computer Graphics Research Group (later renamed to
Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design), founded by
Csuri.After graduation, Steve went to Los Angeles, where he worked in
animation and visual effects. In 2001, he joined Connecticut-based
Blue Sky Studios, owned by 20th Century Fox. There he co-directed
computer-animated Horton Hears a Who Continental Drift. He directed
The Peanuts Movie (2015), an animated feature film adaptation of
Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.In February 2018, it was
reported that Martino and Karen Disher will direct an upcoming
animated fantasy musical, under the working title Foster, for Blue Sky
Studios. The film was originally scheduled for release on March 5,
2021, but was moved to an unknown date. Steve Martino Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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