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Christopher Meledandri was born on 15 May 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010) and Despicable Me 3 (2017). More at IMDbPro.

Chris Meledandri, founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment, which partnered with Nintendo on The Super Mario Bros. Movie that continues to break records left and right as it barrels toward...

By Matt Purslow. Updated: May 6, 2021 8:50 am. Posted: May 6, 2021 8:40 am. Chris Meledandri, CEO of American animation studio Illumination, has been nominated to join Nintendo as an Outside...

February 16, 2021 1:28pm Illumination; Everett Editor’s note: Before he founded and became CEO of the Universal-based animation factory Illumination, Chris Meledandri was tasked with building an...

Illumination; AP 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...

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...

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.

As a boy growing up in 1970s New York, Chris Meledandri never saw any cartoons or animated movies. His early film experiences came courtesy of Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese ...