Matthias Florian Lechner (born February 27, 1970) is a motion picture

production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...

and

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

. He worked as an art director and designer on the animated films ''

Zootopia ''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' or ''Zoomania'' in various regions) is a 2016 American animated buddy cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore from a screenplay by Jared Bush an ...

'', ''

Help! I'm a Fish ''Help! I'm a Fish'' (; also known as ''A Fish Tale'') is a 2000 animated science fantasy musical film directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring, and Michael Hegner, and written by Fjeldmark, Karsten Kiilerich, John Stefan Olsen, and Tracy J. ...

'' and ''

Escape from Planet Earth ''Escape from Planet Earth'' is a 2013 animated comedy-adventure science fiction film produced by Rainmaker Entertainment (now Mainframe Studios) and distributed by The Weinstein Company in the United States and Entertainment One in Canada, ...

'', as well as ''

Laura's Star Laura's Star may refer to: * Lauras Stern (Laura's Star), a German children's book series * Laura's Star (2004 film), a German animated feature film, based on the children's book * Laura's Star (2021 film), a German film, a live-action remake of ...

'', among other films. He was born in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, and lives in

Ventura, California Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles. The population was 110,763 at the ...

Filmography

Art director

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Ralph Breaks the Internet ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' is a 2018 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is the sequel to the 2012 film ''Wreck-It Ralph''. The film was directed by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston (filmmaker), Phil Joh ...

'' *''

Space Chimps ''Space Chimps'' is a 2008 animated comic science fiction film directed by Kirk DeMicco, who wrote the screenplay with Rob Moreland. It features the voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth ...

'' *''

Werner - gekotzt wird später Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

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Set designer/Workbook

*'' No-Eared Bunny and Two-Eared Chick'' *'' Laura's Star and the Dream Monsters'' *''

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian ''Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian'' () is a 2009 German animated film directed by Thilo Graf Rothkirch and Piet De Rycker. It is a sequel to the 2004 film ''Laura's Star'', based on the book series by Klaus Baumgart. The film was r ...

'' *'' Kleiner Dodo'' *'' The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island'' *''

'' *'' Globi and the Stolen Shadows'' *'' Troll Story'' *'' Karlsson on the Roof - TV'' *' *' *''

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking () is the fictional main character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school. Pippi is ...

Co-Director

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Junior TV Junior (formerly known as Junior TV) is an Albanian private television network for kids and teenagers between the ages 10–18 years old. It was launched on April 20, 2005 by the TV platform DigitAlb. Junior TV is the second Albanian-language ...

Layout-Supervisor

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Quest for Camelot ''Quest for Camelot'' (released internationally as ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'') is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, directed by Frederik Du Chau, and very loosely based on the ...

'' *' *'' Ottifants TV

Layout-Artist

*'' Jungledyret Hugo 2'' *''

Felidae Felidae ( ) is the Family (biology), family of mammals in the Order (biology), order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid ( ). The 41 extant taxon, extant Felidae species exhibit the gre ...

Background-Painter

*'' Der kleene Punker''

References

External links

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Matthias Lechner Official Site Lines and colors - blog
1970 births German production designers German art directors Living people Mass media people from Mannheim German emigrants to the United States {{artdirector-stub