Tindle directs Ultraman: Rising, an animated feature that reworks a long running Japanese live action property as a story about a reluctant father raising a kaiju. The approach is characteristic of his work: take a spectacle premise and build it around a domestic relationship.
He worked as a character designer in stop motion animation, including a gothic children's feature and a Japanese set fantasy whose story he originated, and he has since directed a live action and animation hybrid series about a lost toy. Japanese animation and tokusatsu traditions are open influences, and he has been explicit about wanting to make family films that do not condescend.
Recurring subjects: parenthood arriving unprepared, children separated from the people meant to protect them, and monsters treated as creatures with needs rather than as threats. His design work favours strong stylised silhouettes over realism, and his direction gives emotional scenes as much running time as spectacle, refusing to hurry them along.
His design contributions to celebrated stop motion features are widely recognised within the industry, and the fantasy whose story he originated drew major awards attention. His directorial work has brought a Japanese property to a global animation audience in a form that respects its origins.
For viewers who want family animation with genuine emotional stakes. Suited to families, and to anyone interested in how a designer's sensibility carries into direction.
