Event: Chris Renaud

Chris Renaud. Born in Baltimore, Maryland - USA, in 1966, he is a director, animator and film producer active in the world of animated productions.After graduating from Syracuse University with a degree in illustration, he began working as a graphic designer and illustrator for various agencies and publications. Then he moves into the world of comics, working for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics where he contributed to the illustrations of Marvel's Starfleet Academy and the concepts of the story of Batman: Cataclysm. Then working on The Book of Pooh for Disney he has the opportunity to switch from paper to TV working for studios such as Curious Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation.The passage then in Blue Sky Studios, initially as story artist for the feature film Robots (2005), definitively projected him in the animated industry, also promoted author and director starting on short films and then on feature films.He follows producer Christopher Meledandri in the foundation of the Illumination Entertainment studios and moves to Paris, France, where directs Despicable Me (2010) at the animation department of Mac Guff studios (a department acquired by Illumination) and together with partner Pierre Coffin will help create the well-known character of Gru and the Minions.Multi-annual contracts tie him to the Illumination studios which give him the ability to direct, produce and work on various projects.[ source Wikipedia ]. End of the article.