How tall is Travis Knight

Travis Andrew Knight (born September 13, 1973) is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper who has worked as the pro animator and current CEO for the stop-motion lightness studio Laika, and directed the films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Bumblebee (2018). He is the son of the Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

Knight was born in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. He is the son of Phil Knight (co-founder of Nike), and grandson of publisher William W. Knight. He attended Jesuit High School, near Beaverton, Oregon. He is a graduate of Portland State University.

Knight began his career as a rapper under the name “Chilly Tee”. Using a recording studio built in his father’s mansion, Knight self-produced a five-song demo album. The demo caught the attention of Bernie Singleton, president of MCA, who passed the demo to producer Hank Shocklee, who liked the demo and categorically to fabricate Knight’s debut album when his production team, The Bomb Squad.

Knight moved into his parents’ Manhattan penthouse for six months even though recording the album. The Bomb Squad helped him build fleshed out choruses, as Shocklee felt that Knight was very intelligent at writing verses, but his choruses were weak.

In 1993, Knight released the album Get Off Mine. According to Knight, the photo album did not sell without difficulty and he disliked performing. According to Shocklee, “One of the reasons why it didn’t catch on was because it was one record that came out of nowhere, and rap is about building momentum.” However, Shocklee is unfriendly of the album, saying, “this record yet holds up. You can work it now and it doesn’t hermetically sealed dated.”