# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-renaud
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:46.454Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-renaud"
name: "Chris Renaud"
slug: "chris-renaud"
description: "Chris Renaud is an American filmmaker, designer, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known for his work at Illumination, including directing the company's animated films such as the first, second, and fourth films in the Despicable Me franchise (2010–present), the first two of which he co-directed with Pierre Coffin, The Lorax (2012), The Secret Life of Pets (2016) and its sequel The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)."
tagline: "American illustrator and filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Renaud.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.61
  momentum:             0.08983156581409857
  historical:           17.55779866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719208/"
    handle:    "nm0719208"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كريس ريناود"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس ڕێنۆد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس رناد (پویانما)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "כריס רנו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クリス・ルノー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Renaud"
    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124748"
    title: "Chris Renaud"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump