Travis "Chilly Tee" Knight is an American animator, film executive and former rapper, he son of Phil Knight

Phil Knight

Philip Hampson "Phil" Knight is an American business magnate. He is the co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc. He resigned as the company's chief executive officer in 2004, while retaining the position of chairman of the board...

, the founder and chairman of Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

. He is the current President and CEO of LAIKA

Laika

Laika was a Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth – as well as the first animal to die in orbit.As little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika's mission, and the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, there...

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Animation career

Travis joined Vinton Studios in 1998 as a stop-motion animator, working on the Emmy Award-winning television series The PJs

The PJs

The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross & Lilly Tomlin...

, produced with Eddie Murphy Productions

Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....

 and Imagine Entertainment

Imagine Entertainment

Imagine Entertainment is a film and television production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer.Its productions include the television series 24 and Arrested Development and the films Apollo 13 , A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code .-Organization:Karen...

, as well as the animated series Gary & Mike

Gary & Mike

Gary & Mike was a television show that aired on UPN in 2001. The show was produced in stop motion and lasted only one season. A total of thirteen episodes were produced.-Plot summary:...

on UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

. He earned his CG stripes by animating numerous television commercials and promo spots, including the NFL on Fox campaign. In June 2007, he was honored by Animation Magazine as one of the "Rising Stars of Animation."
Recently, he served as Vice President of Animation and as Lead Animator on Coraline

Coraline (film)

Coraline is a 2009 stop-motion 3D fantasy/horror children's film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at...

and will do the same for ParaNorman

ParaNorman

ParaNorman is an upcoming 3D stop-motion animated comedy thriller film produced by Laika, distributed by Focus Features and set for international release on August 17, 2012...

. He also sits on the LAIKA Board of Directors.

Music career

Chilly Tee only released one album, 1993's Gett Off Mine. Although it was unsuccessful, it featured production from Bomb Squad and had Tee pen most of the lyrics himself.

External links

• Travis Knight at Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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