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Chris Meledandri. Horton Hears a Who! Christopher Meledandri ( / mɛləˈdɑːndri /; [1] born May 15, 1959) is an American film producer and founder and CEO of Illumination. He previously served as President of 20th Century Fox Animation, and has worked as the producer for the film series of Ice Age, Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets and ...
Christopher Meledandri. Producer: Despicable Me 2. Chris Meledandri is an American animated film producer and executive who worked at Blue Sky Studios and founded Illumination. The various films he produced included Ice Age, Robots, Horton Hears a Who, Despicable Me, Minions, The Lorax, The Grinch, Sing, The Secret Life of Pets and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Illumination, formerly known as Illumination Entertainment, is an American animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007 and is a division of Universal Pictures, a division of Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal; Meledandri produces the films, while Universal finances and distributes them. The studio is best known for creating the Despicable Me, The Secret Life of ...
Jan 5, 2014 · As a boy growing up in 1970s New York, Chris Meledandri never saw any cartoons or animated movies. His early film experiences came courtesy of Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese ...
Nov 6, 2018 · Chris Meledandri is Hollywood’s most reluctant mogul. With Jeffrey Katzenberg selling DreamWorks and John Lasseter forced out at Disney over harassment allegations, the founder of Illumination ...
Jun 13, 2022 · EXCLUSIVE: Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri will today unveil the world premiere of Minions: The Rise of Gru at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The latest chapter in ...
Dec 9, 2016 · The box-office performance of 2006’s Ice Age: The Meltdown got Chris Meledandri thinking. Domestically, the animated sequel about prehistoric mammals did only a little more business than the ...
Apr 18, 2023 · Chris Meledandri, founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment, which partnered with Nintendo on The Super Mario Bros. Movie that continues to break records left and right as it barrels toward $1 ...
Illumination, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of event-animated films, including Despicable Me—the most successful animated franchise in cinematic history—as well as Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch and The Secret Life of Pets and Sing films. The 2023 release of ...
Aug 24, 2023 · Super-producer Chris Meledandri, head of Illumination and exec behind the $1.35 billion-grossing "Super Mario Bros.", has signed with CAA.
