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Shane Acker (Shane Richard Acker) was born on 1971 in Wheaton, Illinois, U.S., is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, and animation teacher. Discover Shane Acker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?
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Shane Acker Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Shane Acker's Wife?
His wife is Sibyl Wickersheimer
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Shane Acker Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Shane Acker worth at the age of 53 years old? Shane Acker’s income source is mostly from being a successful Animator. He is from United States. We have estimated Shane Acker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Shane Richard Acker (born 1971 in Wheaton, Illinois) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter and animation teacher known for directing 9, which is based on his 2005 Academy Award-nominated short film of the same title.
He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.
As a child Acker was hyperactive, so his parents encouraged him to draw.
Acker originally set a goal of becoming an architect; he earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Florida in 1994 as well as a master's degree from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
Upon graduating in 1999, Acker decided to become a film-maker and went to study at UCLA's Animation Workshop.
There he created The Hangnail, The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade, and 9.
In 2004, Acker earned a master's degree in animation.
Acker concurrently held a position at Wētā FX in 2004 as an animator, where he focused on CG characters and creatures, followed by NCsoft from 2005 to 2006 as both an animator and CG generalist.
Acker wrote, directed, and co-animated the award-winning animated short film 9, which won a student award, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and was shown at SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater.
Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas) saw Acker's short film and, with Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted) from Focus Features, produced the feature film with Attitude Studios in Luxembourg and Starz Animation in Toronto.
Acker was the head director and storywriter.
He is also a visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University.
9 took him four and a half years to complete and was released in 2005.
From January 2009 to 2010 Acker worked as an instructor for an advanced animation class at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects.
He worked at Gnomon on a short film Plus Minus, co-directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas which was due for release in late 2011 but has yet to be released.
In June 2011, Acker was chosen to direct a new live-action adaptation of the children's book and TV series Thomas & Friends.
He was set to work from a script by Chris Viscardi, Will McRobb and Josh Klausner.
Wētā FX would have created the film's visual effects with design by Wētā Workshop Design Dept, but the film was canceled due to Mattel's acquisition of HIT Entertainment.
In 2011, Acker formed Benthos Studio, an animation production company with partners Greg Little, Jack Mitchell and Brown Bag Films.
In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that he planned to work with Valve to create his next film, Deep.
Like 9, the film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, although it has no relation to 9 and is set in a different universe, where World War III has forced humans underground.
Shane Acker has expressed his interest in creating more PG-13 animated films, of which 9 and Deep are such.
As of 2021, most of Acker's feature films, including his animated feature film Deep, are yet to be released.
Acker completed the short film Crusoe, which was shown at the Berlin Short Film Festival.
The film won the award for Best Science Fiction Short Film at the festival.