Biography
Kirk R. Thatcher is an American writer, producer and director. He began his career in special effects at Industrial Light & Magic, contributing to films including Return of the Jedi (1983). He later worked as an associate producer on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and made a cameo appearance in that film.
Thatcher has had a long association with the Muppets. He co-wrote the screenplay for Muppet Treasure Island (1996) with Jerry Juhl and James V. Hart. He directed the television films It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) and Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021). He was supervising producer on the Emmy Award-winning series Muppets Tonight (1996–1998) and has written for Dinosaurs (1991) and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004).
