1. Kirk R Thatcher was born on February 14,1962 and is an American writer, producer, television and film director, an Internet video director, and a production designer.
18 Facts About Kirk Thatcher
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Kirk Thatcher began his career at eighteen, leaving UCLA Film School to work at George Lucas' special effects facility, Industrial Light and Magic.
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Kirk Thatcher was the production designer on David Fincher's first music videos and spent over a year creating the look for a number of Rick Springfield and The Motels videos.
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Subsequently, Kirk Thatcher was hired by Leonard Nimoy to associate produce Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
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Kirk Thatcher wrote and performed the song, recording it with sound designer Mark Mangini.
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Kirk Thatcher earns no additional money for the non-speaking role of "Punk" but does receive "like 8-cent residuals" for the song.
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Kirk Thatcher has co-written several Muppet films including Muppet Treasure Island and directed three television movies, including A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, which premiered at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival.
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In 2015, Kirk Thatcher directed Turkey Hollow, a Thanksgiving-themed TV movie for The Jim Henson Company which aired on Lifetime.
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Kirk Thatcher is credited as one of the three writers of the film, alongside Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl.
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Kirk Thatcher makes a cameo appearance as "Punk Rock Guy" in the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming, as a homage to his role as "Punk on Bus" in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
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In October 2021, Kirk Thatcher wrote and directed Muppets Haunted Mansion.
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In 2024, Kirk Thatcher's voice was featured in the Pixar film Inside Out 2.
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Kirk Thatcher was a supervising producer on the Emmy Award-winning ABC series Muppets Tonight.
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Kirk Thatcher has written episodes for the Cartoon Network series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and directed episodes of Nickelodeon's series LazyTown, PBS' Sid the Science Kid, and Comedy Central's Crank Yankers.
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In 2014, Kirk Thatcher was seen on the SyFy Network's series Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, where he appeared in each episode as a judge for the competition.
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Kirk Thatcher returned to the Star Trek franchise in 2019, narrating in the Star Trek: Short Treks episode Ephraim and Dot.
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Kirk Thatcher has directed The Muppets' "Bohemian Rhapsody", which won the "Viral Video" category in the 14th Annual Webby Awards.
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Kirk Thatcher has directed 2015 Muppet Music videos "Jungle Boogie" and "Kodachrome".