Tim Pyle (born 23 October 1969) is an American filmmaker and animator based in Southern

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. Pyle's credits include

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's '' Invader Zim'' series and SyFy Channel's '' Children of Dune'' miniseries, for which he won an Emmy certificate in 2003. Pyle has worked at

Caltech The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

/IPAC since 2004 developing artwork and animation for

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missions. These include the

Spitzer Space Telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003. Operations ended on 30 January 2020. Spitzer was the third space telescope dedicated to infrared astronomy, f ...

, the

Kepler Space Telescope The Kepler space telescope is a disused space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler, the spacecraft was launched into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orb ...

, and the Jet Propulsion Lab's exoplanet division. He writes, directs, produces, animates, and composes music for the educational NASA webseries ''IRrelevant (IR-relevant) Astronomy''.

External links

IRrelevant Astronomy

Hogofilm

Spitzer Space Telescope animation gallery
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Tim Pyle's bio page at Caltech
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyle, Tim 1969 births Living people American film directors