Timothy Hodge (born April 2, 1963) is an American voice actor, story
artist, writer, animator, comedian, and director at Big Idea
Entertainment in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has works on the
VeggieTales videos as well as other animated projects like 3-2-1
Penguins!.Hodge became interested in film-making while he was in 7th
grade when he stumbled upon his dad's 8 mm camera and spent his summer
making short films using clay and other materials. Hodge later went on
to attend Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He got his first
job in animation at the then-current/now-defunct Willming-Reams
Animation studio in San Antonio, Texas, where he drew animated
television commercials for seven years, at the same time studying at
the San Antonio Art Institute. Early on in life, he graduated from
high school in 1981.He later joined the Walt Disney Feature Animation
studio located at the Disney/MGM Studios theme park in Orlando,
Florida. While at Disney, he also worked as story artist on films like
Mulan, John Henry for Disney's American Legends video and Brother
Bear.It was in 2000 that he took his family and moved north to
Chicago, Illinois to join the studios of Big Idea Productions at the
Yorktown Center mall and started working in computer animation.
Hodge's directorial debut at Big Idea, Lyle the Kindly Viking, won the
Best Direct To Video Animated Release at the 2001 World Animation
Celebration. He was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Vocal
Performance in 2003 for his role as Khalil in Jonah: A VeggieTales
Movie.
artist, writer, animator, comedian, and director at Big Idea
Entertainment in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has works on the
VeggieTales videos as well as other animated projects like 3-2-1
Penguins!.Hodge became interested in film-making while he was in 7th
grade when he stumbled upon his dad's 8 mm camera and spent his summer
making short films using clay and other materials. Hodge later went on
to attend Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He got his first
job in animation at the then-current/now-defunct Willming-Reams
Animation studio in San Antonio, Texas, where he drew animated
television commercials for seven years, at the same time studying at
the San Antonio Art Institute. Early on in life, he graduated from
high school in 1981.He later joined the Walt Disney Feature Animation
studio located at the Disney/MGM Studios theme park in Orlando,
Florida. While at Disney, he also worked as story artist on films like
Mulan, John Henry for Disney's American Legends video and Brother
Bear.It was in 2000 that he took his family and moved north to
Chicago, Illinois to join the studios of Big Idea Productions at the
Yorktown Center mall and started working in computer animation.
Hodge's directorial debut at Big Idea, Lyle the Kindly Viking, won the
Best Direct To Video Animated Release at the 2001 World Animation
Celebration. He was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Vocal
Performance in 2003 for his role as Khalil in Jonah: A VeggieTales
Movie.
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