Chris Miller

Chris Miller (57)

1968-01-20 | Washington, D.C., USA

Christopher Matthew Miller (born January 20, 1968) is an American animator, director, and voice actor employed by Paramount Animation and formerly DreamWorks Animation. He is best known for directing Shrek the Third and Puss in Boots (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination) and for voicing The Magic Mirror from the Shrek film series and Kowalski the Penguin in the Madagascar film series. Miller was born on January 20, 1968, in Washington, D.C. He studied animation at the California Institute of Arts. In an interview with Robert K. Elder for The Film That Changed My Life, Miller attributes his success in film to Sleeper. "I would be penniless and drunk on the corner, begging for cash, if I had not seen the film Sleeper. I guarantee you." In 2011, Miller directed Puss in Boots, a spin-off and sequel to the Shrek franchise. His wife, Laura Gorenstein Miller, worked as a dance choreographer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Miller (animator), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

On Movies

  • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
  • The Boss Baby
  • Penguins of Madagascar
  • Turbo
  • Madly Madagascar
  • Nimrod and Stinky's Antarctic Adventure
  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
  • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
  • Puss in Boots
  • Shrek Forever After
  • Merry Madagascar
  • Monsters vs Aliens
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  • Shrek the Third
  • The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
  • Madagascar
  • Far Far Away Idol
  • Shrek 2
  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
  • Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
  • Shrek
  • The Cellar
  • The Thing What Lurked in the Tub

Movies as Director

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