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Chris Renaud
Renaud at the 2013
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born
December 1966 (age 54)
[1]
Baltimore, Maryland
, U.S.
Alma mater
Syracuse University
Occupation
Voice actor, film director, storyboard artist, graphic designer, illustrator
Years active
2001–present
Employer
Blue Sky Studios
(2001-2007)
Illumination
(2007-present)
Notable work
Despicable Me
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Despicable Me 2
The Secret Life of Pets
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Spouse(s)
Lauren Renaud
Children
2
Signature
Chris Renaud (born December 1966) is an American illustrator, film director, storyboard artist, graphic designer, and voice actor. He was nominated for an
Academy Award
for the 2006 animated short
No Time for Nuts
, which featured the character Scrat from the computer-animated
Ice Age
films. His most popular work is the
Despicable Me
franchise, including
Despicable Me
and
Despicable Me 2
, which he co-directed with
Pierre Coffin
. Along with Coffin, he also co-created and lent his voice to the
Minions
from
Despicable Me
.
Life and career
Chris Renaud was born in 1966 in
Baltimore, Maryland
, and moved to
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
, when he was 15, because his father worked for
Bethlehem Steel
and was transferred to their main office.Renaud has said he had mixed feelings with the move, saying it upset him but it was also one of the best things in his life because it showed him "that there was a great, big world out there". He was the artist for the high school yearbooks and newspaper and had aspirations of creating comic books.
[2]
He graduated
Parkland High School
in
Allentown, Pennsylvania
, in 1985 and attended
Baum School of Art
where he received a ,000 scholarship.
After graduating from
Syracuse University
with an illustration degree in 1989, Renaud began work as a
graphic designer
in the sports entertainment industry. He has created
logos
and
mascots
for NFL Properties, the NBA, and Foot Locker. After working as a designer and illustrator for a variety of publications and agencies, Chris began drawing and writing
comic books
. Working for both
Marvel Comics
and
DC Comics
, his projects included illustrating Marvel's
Starfleet Academy
and pitching the story concept that evolved into
Batman: Cataclysm
which depicted a devastating earthquake hitting Gotham City. This yearlong tale across all Batman-related comics resulted in increased sales and visibility for the renowned character and set up the acclaimed "
No Man's Land
" storyline that followed.
As the production designer on the Disney Channel's
The Book of Pooh
, Renaud transitioned into the world of children's television. Since that groundbreaking project, he has been able to design virtual sets and puppet characters for
Bear in the Big Blue House
,
LazyTown
, Curious Pictures and
Sony Pictures Animation
. With
It's a Big Big World
, which aired from 2006 to 2010 on
PBS
, he took the lead in visual development and design of every aspect of this Emmy-nominated children’s program.
Renaud worked for
Blue Sky Studios
as a story artist on the films
Robots
,
Ice Age: The Meltdown
, and the Dr. Seuss adaptation
Horton Hears a Who!
. He wrote and co-directed the animated short
No Time for Nuts
, which received an
Annie Award
and a 2007 Oscar nomination for animated short film. It was also included in the
Animation Show of Shows
in 2006.
Renaud moved to
Paris
, France, to work for
Illumination Entertainment
. While directing
Despicable Me
(2010), Renaud, along with his directing partner
Pierre Coffin
, began to develop Gru's famous henchmen, the Minions. Initially, there were discussions about making the creatures robots. Then Renaud hit upon the notion that they could be mole people and slapped goggles on them. "I did a very rough, ugly, little sketch combining some elements into a mole person and sent it to Pierre, who then discussed it with Eric Guillon, who was the art director and final designer of the Minions, and they took some of those ideas and together we came up with what the Minions look like". The more the filmmakers worked on the little guys, the more yellow and more cylindrical they became. "Eric continued to refine the idea and made [the Minions] closer to children. He made them funnier and simpler and a brighter color". Among the inspirations for the Minions were the
Oompa-Loompas
from
Willy Wonka
and the
Jawas
from
Star Wars
, as well as silent screen stars
Buster Keaton
and
Charlie Chaplin
, and Warner Bros. cartoon characters.
In a four-picture directing deal, he directed
Despicable Me
(2010),
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
(2012),
Despicable Me 2
(2013),and
The Secret Life of Pets
(2016), in which two pet dogs, Max and Duke, have to put their quarrels behind when they find out that a bunny, Snowball, is building an army of abandoned pets to take revenge on all pet owners and their pets.Renaud signed a new contract with Illumination Entertainment in 2013, saying: "I love working with Illumination. They've given me an unparalleled opportunity to keep directing one movie after another. Very often animation directors make one movie and then spend the next five years developing another one. But I'm in the unique position of being able to keep working and keep making movies... So I feel very fortunate."
In a 2012 interview, he mentioned that he read Dr. Seuss books as a child and this influenced his work with films such as
The Lorax
. When asked if he would shift towards live-action movies, he said that he has thought about it and it may happen in the future but he feels comfortable with animation for now.
Renaud executive-produced
Despicable Me 3
(2017).
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2005
Robots
Storyboard artist
2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2008
Horton Hears a Who!
2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2010
Despicable Me
Dave the Minion
Director
2012
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Forest Animals
2013
Despicable Me 2
Additional Minions
Evil Minions
Italian Waiter
Director
2015
Minions
Executive producer
2016
The Secret Life of Pets
Norman
Director
Sing
Additional voices
2017
Despicable Me 3
Executive producer
Additional Character Design
2018
The Grinch
Executive producer
2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Norman
Director
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Producer