# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/travis-knight-q7836302
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:26:36.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/travis-knight-q7836302"
name: "Travis Knight"
slug: "travis-knight-q7836302"
description: "Travis Andrew Knight is an American filmmaker, animator, and former rapper. The son of the Nike co-founder Phil Knight, he has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, including directing the company's films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and the upcoming Wildwood (2026). He also directed the live-action films Bumblebee (2018) and Masters of the Universe (2026). Knight received three nominations for the Academy Awards."
tagline: "American animator, producer, director, and former rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Travis_Knight_(30000495292).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1973-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 201
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump