Chris Meledandri: Biography in Details
Who is Chris Meledandri?
Chris Meledandri is an American film producer, and the founder (2007) and CEO of Illumination Entertainment. He is best known as the producer of the Despicable Me franchise. He is also a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Chris Meledandri’s Early life, Childhood, Education
His birth name is Christopher “Chris” Melandandri. He was born on May 15, 1959, in New York City, USA. His father’s name is Roland Meledandri. He is an Italian-style clothes fashion designer. His mother’s name is Risha Meledandri, an activist. He has a sister, Nina Meledandri. He does not have any brothers.
Chris Melandandri attended Dartmouth College and is a member of the board of trustees at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut.
Chris Meledandri’s Career, Salary, Net Worth
Now Chris Meledandri Works, Walt Disney Pictures; Before joining Fox, Meledandri was president of Dawn Steel Pictures at Walt Disney Pictures, where he served as an executive producer of Cool Runnings.
20th Century Fox Animation; During his tenure, he produced Ever After A Cinderella Story and helped Fox become a major player in the world of animated feature films. In 1998, he led Fox’s acquisition of fledgling visual effects/commercial house Blue Sky Studios, which he built into a successful producer of animated features.
Chris Meledandri oversaw the creative and business operations of Blue Sky, now Fox’s wholly-owned CGI studio. While at the studio, Meledandri supervised and/or executive produced movies including “Ice Age”, “Ice Age: The Meltdown, Robots”, “Alvin and the Chipmunks”, and “The Simpsons Movie” and “Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who!”. He also produced two animated shorts, Gone Nutty and No Time For Nuts”, and both were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Illumination Entertainment, Meledandri left his post as President of 20th Century Fox Animation in early 2007 and founded Illumination Entertainment, an all-audience film production company, co-owned by universal Pictures, which fully finances and owns the films. In 2010, Illumination released its first film, Despicable Me, (which became very successful and was followed by Despicable Me 2 in 2013), and in 2011 Hop. Illumination released a film version of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, which continued the successful collaboration between Meledandri and Theodor (Dr. Seuss) Geisel’s widow, Audrey. He also produced the franchise spin-off featuring the Minions, Minions (2015).
Illumination & Dream Works Animation, On April 28, 2016, NBCUniversal announced its intent to acquire competing studio DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion. Meledandri will oversee both Illumination and DreamWorks following the completion of the merger.
Chris Meledandri has a Net worth of $20 million as of 2022.
Chris Meledandri’s rumors and controversy
As Chris Meledandri is very secretive about his personal life there have no rumors about his affairs and any other matters too. And there also have not been such controversies to date related to Chris Meledandri.
What are the body stats of Chris Meledandri?
Chris Meledandri is an old guy and he looks tall by his height there hasn’t been mentioned his exact body measurements. He has blue eyes color and brown hair color.
Is Chris Meledandri active on social media?
Chris Meledandri is not active on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Chris Meledandri’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | May | Wednesday |
| 2025 | May | Thursday |
| 2026 | May | Friday |
| 2027 | May | Saturday |
| 2028 | May | Monday |