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Chris Meledandri

Production

Born May 15, 1959 · New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Christopher 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Animated Feature · 2014 · nominated

Filmography32 titles

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

2026Producer

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

2022Executive Producer

Sing 2

2021Producer

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023Producer

Migration

2023Producer

Minions & More 2

2022Producer

Ice Age

2002Executive Producer

Minions: The Rise of Gru

2022Producer

Despicable Me

2010Producer

Sing: Thriller

2024Producer

Sing

2016Producer

Despicable Me 4

2024Producer

Minions & More 1

2022Producer

The Secret Life of Pets 2

2019Producer

Cool Runnings

1993Executive Producer

Minions: Holiday Special

2020Producer

The Grinch

2018Producer

Despicable Me 2

2013Producer

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006Executive Producer

Swing Kids

1993Executive Producer

Despicable Me 3

2017Producer

The Lorax

2012Producer

Horton Hears a Who!

2008Executive Producer

Robots

2005Executive Producer

Minions

2015Producer

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993Co-Executive Producer

The Secret Life of Pets

2016Producer

Hop

2011Producer

Opportunity Knocks

1990Producer

Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You

2017Co-Executive Producer

Quicksilver

1986Associate Producer

Trial by Jury

1994Producer