Steve Martino

Steve Martino
Martino at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born	Stephen Michael Martino 1959 (age 57–58) Dayton, Ohio
Alma mater	Ohio State University
Occupation	Film director, designer
Notable work	Horton Hears a Who!, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Peanuts Movie
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Stephen Michael "Steve" Martino (born 1959) is an American director and designer, best known for directing the films Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Ice Age: 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! and Ice Age: Continental Drift. He directed The Peanuts Movie (2015), an animated feature film adaptation of Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.