Experience a unique Speaker Series Engagement as Mr. Kirk Thatcher provides you a look into the moments that created his spectacular and monumental career. From Star Trek to Dinosaurs, the Gremlins, Star Wars, and Muppets in between; Thatcher provides insights, anecdotes and guidance to the perspective individuals hoping to enter the entertainment industry, as well as a unique take on life applicable to any organization.

Kirk R. Thatcher is an Emmy award winning writer/producer, an award-winning television, commercial and viral video director, as well as a creature maker and character designer for both films and television.

Kirk began at nineteen working at Industrial Light and Magic, designing, creating and puppeteering creatures for blockbusters such as, Return of the Jedi, Star Trek II, Star Trek III, E.T., Poltergeist, and Gremlins. He was also an associate producer on Star Trek IV, in which he had a memorable cameo as the Punk on the Bus, rocking out to the Punk anthem he both wrote and sang, called, “I HateYou!”