---
name: "Kirk Thatcher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirk-r-thatcher"
fi1m_id: "kirk-r-thatcher"
imdb_id: "nm0857130"
tmdb_id: 145446
wikidata_id: "Q21067196"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 February 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-24T02:34:47.605453+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kirk Thatcher

## Identity

Kirk Thatcher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kirk-r-thatcher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kirk-r-thatcher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0857130
- **TMDB ID:** 145446
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21067196
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Thatcher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21067196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145446

Producer. Born 14 February 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 February 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Also known as:** Kirk R. Thatcher
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 1990s 73 (1), 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Thatcher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21067196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145446

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Muppet Treasure Island*](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3)

- *Inside Out 2* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Foreman (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *Spider-Man: Homecoming* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Punk on Street — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-homecoming.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Punk on Bus — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Fi1m 73, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Muppet Treasure Scriptland* (2026), as Billy Bones/Various · Original Film Writer
- *Inside Out 2* (2024), as Foreman (voice) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *Werewolf by Night* (2022), as Jovan
- *Muppets Haunted Mansion* (2021), Director, Teleplay, Story
- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, as Mohawk Punk
- *Star Trek: Short Treks* (2018), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *The Muppets Take The O2* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Spider-Man: Homecoming* (2017), as Punk on Street — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-homecoming.md)
- *Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow* (2015), Director, Story
- *Sid the Science Kid: The Movie* (2013), Director
- *Neil's Puppet Dreams* (2012), series, Director, Writer
- *The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora* (2010), series, Director, Creator
- *A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa* (2008), Director
- *Sid the Science Kid* (2008), series, Director
- *The Muppets' Wizard of Oz* (2005), Director
- *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends* (2004), series, Writer
- *It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie* (2002), Director
- *The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland* (1999), as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
- *Muppets Tonight* (1996), series, Producer, Writer
- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Screenplay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)
- *Dog City* (1992), series, Writer
- *Shaking the Tree* (1991), as Craps Player
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, as Timmy (voice), Wereman (voice) · Story, Teleplay, Writer
- *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), as Gremlins (voice)
- *Spaced Invaders* (1990), as Shortstuff (voice)
- *12:01 PM* (1990), as Newstand Man
- *Lighthouse Island* (1989), Second Unit
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), as Punk on Bus · Associate Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Cat's Eye* (1985), Storyboard Artist
- *Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum* (1985), Production Designer
- *An LA Christmas Story*, as Creepy Sophie Suitor
- *Rednecks vs Aliens*, as Chuck

## Gallery

- ![Kirk Thatcher](https://film.one/media/person/341051/gallery-c2bc4a82c830.jpg) Kirk Thatcher — John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Kirk_Thatcher_Dragon_Con_September_6_2026_0074.jpg/1280px-Kirk_Thatcher_Dragon_Con_September_6_2026_0074.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kirk Thatcher, writer, producer,director, at Dragon Con in Atlanta Ga September 6 2026](https://film.one/media/person/341051/gallery-a236a5344727.jpg) Kirk Thatcher, writer, producer,director, at Dragon Con in Atlanta Ga September 6 2026 — John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Kirk_Thatcher_Dragon_Con_September_6_2026_0075.jpg/1280px-Kirk_Thatcher_Dragon_Con_September_6_2026_0075.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kirk Thatcher, writer, producer,director, at Dragon Con in Atlanta Ga September 6 2026](https://film.one/media/person/341051/gallery-4116e49a1551.jpg) Kirk Thatcher, writer, producer,director, at Dragon Con in Atlanta Ga September 6 2026 — John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kirk_Thatcher_Dragon_Con_September_6_2026_0076.jpg/1280px-Kirk_Thatcher_Dragon_Con_September_6_2026_0076.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kirk Thatcher at GalaxyCon Louisville in 2019](https://film.one/media/person/341051/gallery-377929467a84.jpg) Kirk Thatcher at GalaxyCon Louisville in 2019 — Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Kirk_Thatcher_GalaxyCon_Louisville_2019.jpg/1280px-Kirk_Thatcher_GalaxyCon_Louisville_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kirk Thatcher, writer and producer/director, at Dragon Con 2026 in Atlanta, GA](https://film.one/media/person/341051/gallery-758aa8ee8595.jpg) Kirk Thatcher, writer and producer/director, at Dragon Con 2026 in Atlanta, GA — Tms1000, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Kirk_Thatcher_at_Dragon_Con_2026.jpg/1280px-Kirk_Thatcher_at_Dragon_Con_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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