from left: Universal Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Netflix; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Warner Bros.; Laika Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Universal Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Travis Knight, the CEO of Laika, the animation house behind “Coraline” and “ParaNorman,” can’t shake a moment from an Oscars Nominees Luncheon in 2020.
The 52-year-old son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight was there because his stop-motion film “Missing Link” was up for best animated feature. Across the table sat a screenwriter he had long admired, and the two struck up a conversation. When Knight mentioned his movie, the writer replied: “Oh, I don’t watch any of that stuff. I just let my kids tell me what to vote for.”
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