Jeff Fowler is an American film director and animator. He is best known for directing the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' film series. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for '' Gopher Broke'' (2004).

Career

Fowler was an animator for the 2003 short film ''Rockfish'' and the 2009 film '' Where the Wild Things Are''. In 2004, he wrote, directed, storyboarded, did the art layout, and animated '' Gopher Broke''. He also wrote and animated ''A Gentleman's Duel''. Fowler worked on the CGI movie production for the 2005 video game ''

Shadow the Hedgehog is a character created by the Japanese game developers Takashi Iizuka (game designer), Takashi Iizuka, Shiro Maekawa, and Kazuyuki Hoshino. He is a major character in Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. An Anthropomorphism, anthropomorph ...

''. Later, he directed ''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battle ...

'', a film based on the video game series of the same name. The film was originally set to release in November 2019, but due to widespread criticism toward Sonic's design, it was delayed to February 14, 2020, to change the design. The new design for Sonic was revealed in November 2019, garnering far more positive responses from fans and critics. Fowler directed a sequel to ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' titled '' Sonic the Hedgehog 2'', which released on April 8, 2022. He is set to direct a reboot of ''

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'', which is in development. He directed the pilot episode and executive-produced the TV series '' Knuckles'', and directed ''

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a 1994 platform game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. Like previous ''Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic'' games, players traverse side-scrolling levels while collecting Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog), ri ...

'', which released in December 2024 to positive reviews.

Filmography

Director

Short film Feature film Television

Other credits

Short film Video game Film

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Jeff Film directors from Illinois Film producers from Illinois American male screenwriters American storyboard artists Living people Sonic the Hedgehog American visual effects artists Ringling College of Art and Design alumni Year of birth missing (living people)