Chris Meledandri
American film producer · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1959 · age 67
Christopher Meledandri is an American film producer and founder and CEO of Illumination. He previously served as president of 20th Century Fox Animation, working as the executive producer for the Blue Sky Studios-produced films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008).
Chris Meledandri is read about 264 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 112 days, one point a day.
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Despicable Me 4Film, Producer2023
MigrationFilm, Producer2021
Sing 2Film, Producer2020
Minions: Holiday SpecialFilm, Producer2018
The GrinchFilm, Producer2017
Despicable Me 3Film, Producer2015
Binky Nelson UnpacifiedFilm, Producer2013
Despicable Me 2Film, Producer2011
HopFilm, Producer2010
Despicable MeFilm, Producer2006
Ice Age: The MeltdownFilm, Producer2005
RobotsFilm, Producer1993
Cool RunningsFilm, Producer1959Born15 May 1959People around Chris
Close ties
Pierre Coffin Also in Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2
Chris Renaud Also in No Time for Nuts and Despicable Me
Cinco Paul Also in Horton Hears a Who! and Despicable Me
Kyle Balda Also in The Lorax and Despicable Me 3
Brian Lynch Also in Hop, Binky Nelson Unpacified and Minions
Chris Wedge Also in Gone Nutty, Ice Age and Robots
Carlos Saldanha Also in Gone Nutty, Ice Age and Robots
Brian T. Delaney Chris produced Minions (2015)
Laraine Newman Chris produced Minions (2015)
Jess Harnell Chris produced Minions (2015)
Danny Mann Chris produced Minions (2015)
Yarrow Cheney Also in Puppy and The Secret Life of Pets
Tara Strong Chris produced Minions (2015)
Garth Jennings Also in Sing, Sing 2 and Sing: Thriller
Bill Farmer Chris produced Minions (2015)
John Kassir Chris produced Minions (2015)
Bob Bergen Chris produced Minions (2015)- Jan Rabson Chris produced Minions (2015)
Mona Marshall Chris produced Minions (2015)
Lori Alan Chris produced Minions (2015)- John Cygan Chris produced Minions (2015)
Fabrice Joubert Also in Panic in the Mailroom (2013)
Jenny Slate Chris produced The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
Nick Kroll Chris produced The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
Known for
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 2022
Sing 2 2021
Minions & Monsters 2026
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023
Filmography 40
73 credits on file
Media & music
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About this person
Since 2010, he has worked as the producer for the film series of Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets, and Sing. In 2021, he joined Nintendo's board of directors after working with the video game company on The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). Meledandri also collaborates with Illumination's corporate sibling DreamWorks Animation since 2016.
