Chris Meledandri

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-05-15 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Chris Meledandri

Biography

Christopher Meledandri (/mɛləˈdɑːndri/; 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  Ice Age, 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. Meledandri also collaborates with Illumination's corporate sibling, DreamWorks Animation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Meledandri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Production

2002

Ice Age

as Executive Producer

1993

Swing Kids

as Executive Producer

2023

Migration

as Producer

2024

Despicable Me 4

as Producer

2010

Despicable Me

as Producer

2008

Horton Hears a Who!

as Executive Producer

2022

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

as Executive Producer

2005

Robots

as Executive Producer

2006

No Time for Nuts

as Executive Producer

2013

Despicable Me 2

as Producer

2021

Sing 2

as Producer

2015

Minions

as Producer

2011

Brad & Gary

as Producer

2019

2023

Mooned

as Producer

2015

Cro Minion

as Producer

2015

Competition

as Producer

2012

Serenade

as Producer

2021

1991

The Lightning Incident

as Executive Producer

1994

Trial by Jury

as Producer

2016

Sing

as Producer

2024

Midnight Mission

as Producer

1990

2016

2013

2016

Weenie

as Producer

2013

Puppy

as Producer

2012

The Lorax

as Producer

2013

Training Wheels

as Producer

2026

2017

2022

2017

1988

Brothers in Arms

as Producer

2022

Penglai

as Producer

2017

Despicable Me 3

as Producer

2018

The Grinch

as Producer

2006

Ice Age: The Meltdown

as Executive Producer

2012

Forces of Nature

as Producer

2026

Mega Minions

as Producer

2002

Gone Nutty

as Executive Producer

2011

Hop

as Producer

1986

Quicksilver

as Associate Producer

2026

Shrek 5

as Producer

1993

Cool Runnings

as Executive Producer

2018

2017

Gunter Babysits

as Producer

2024

Sing: Thriller

as Producer

1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Co-Executive Producer

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