Steve Oedekerk
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Steve Oedekerk (born. November 27, 1961) is a film director, producer, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian.
He was born in Los Angeles, California where he currently resides with his wife and two children.
He collaborated with friend Jim Carrey for the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and directed and wrote its sequel Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Among other movies written by him are the 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor, Patch Adams and Bruce Almighty.
In 1990, he founded the entertainment company O Entertainment. He is also executive producer of the computer animated cartoon series "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron" on Nickelodeon, and has acted in the films Kung Pow! Enter the Fist and High Strung. He wrote and directed the animated feature film Barnyard: The Original Party Animals.
Oedekerk created the thumbmation technology of animation where thumbs are used to make the heads of the characters (eyes and mouths are superimposed onto them). Oedekerk films that use this technique include Thumb Wars, Bat Thumb, The GodThumb, Frankenthumb, The Blair Thumb and Thumbtanic. Fan Films Quarterly recognized The Thumb series as one of the 10 most pivotal moments in fan film history within the pages of FFQ's the Summer 2006 issue (issue #4), released in June 2006.
Oedekerk played as himself in the Full House episode "Star Search."
