As the president and CEO of animation studio LAIKA, Travis Knight has created critically-acclaimed animated movies Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings. While he is committed to his Hillsboro animation studio, he has also taken other high-profile directing jobs in Hollywood.
For one, Knight loves Transformers, which is why he took a break from LAIKA and directed Bumblebee, which was released in January 2019. He told Polygon that it was "a huge thrill for me to bring those characters that I've loved since I was a kid to life," more so that he was able to tell their story the way he "wanted to see them on the big screen."
The last animated film created by LAIKA was the Missing Link, which is a story about connection. Unlike ParaNorman, the film's director Chris Butler made the film a lot lighter and visually appealing with "big, bright, colorful, punchy, but also had a beautiful soul at the core of it."
Although it did not do well in the box office earning just $17 million in the U.S., it had ended up a success in the Golden Globe in January. It won the best-animated feature award, beating huge productions like "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World," "The Lion King," "Frozen 2," and the "Toy Story 4."
Travis Knight: net worth
Knight is the son of NIKE's co-founder and chairman emeritus, Philip Knight. Travis was chosen to serve on the Board because of his significant management of the Class A Stock, which is owned by Swoosh, LLC.
As the director of the sports-apparel company, he earns a total of $275,009, although other executives are paid more such as Mark Parker, who receives the highest salary of $13,968,000.
His total net worth as of January 2020 is about $17,4 Million, which is mostly from his earnings in movies, although he also earns a lot from his NIKE stocks and salary.
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Written by CJ Robles
