May 7, 2021 · Chris Meledandri, founder and CEO of Illumination, has been nominated to join Nintendo as an Outside Director. The animation studio and the world’s leading video game company are currently...
Feb 16, 2021 · Editor’s note: Before he founded and became CEO of the Universal-based animation factory Illumination, Chris Meledandri was tasked with building an animation division at Fox. Early on, the...
Jan 5, 2014 · Chris Meledandri, the man who has made millions from Minions The animation boss behind ‘Ice Age’ and ‘Despicable Me’ was denied kids’ films when young Gofer made good: Chris Meledandri’s...
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...
Christopher Meledandri (/mɛlɛdɑːndreɪ/;[stress?] 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 of the Despicable Me franchise and the Sing franchise.
Dec 9, 2016 · Meledandri, 57, who has two sons, made that thought one of his guiding principles when, a year later, Universal Pictures lured him away from Fox to start his own animation studio, Illumination...
Jun 30, 2017 · WASHINGTON D.C. (February 28, 2017) – Chris Meledandri, the Academy Award®-nominated founder and CEO of Illumination, who is responsible for the hugely successful “Despicable Me,” “Ice Age” and animated Dr. Seuss franchises, which have grossed more than $7 billion worldwide, will receive the “CinemaCon® Producer of the Year Award ...