Along with Chris Renaud, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the Ice Age short film No Time for Nuts (2006).
Thurmeier was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and went to Archbishop M.C.
[3] Although he enjoyed drawing for much of his early life, he was more interested in becoming a lawyer, but he changed his mind after seeing Aladdin in his last year of high school.
[3] After he joined Blue Sky Studios, Thurmeier served as an animator for Fight Club and The Sopranos.
His first directing job was in 2006, when he co-directed the short animated film No Time for Nuts, starring Scrat for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.