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Despicable Me
''Despicable Me'' is an American media franchise created by Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It centers on a supervillain turned secret agent named Gru, his adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and his yellow-colored Minions. The franchise is produced by Illumination and distributed by its parent company Universal Pictures. The franchise began with the 2010 film of the same name, which was followed by three sequels, '' Despicable Me 2'' (2013), '' Despicable Me 3'' (2017), and ''Despicable Me 4'' (2024) and two spin-off prequels, '' Minions'' (2015) and '' Minions: The Rise of Gru'' (2022). The franchise also includes many short films, a television special, several video games, and a theme park attraction. Feature films Main series ''Despicable Me'' (2010) Longtime supervillain Gru formulates a plan to steal the moon after his rival Vector steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. Meanwhile, he starts a family by adopting three orphan girls, and must decide w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despicable Me (film)
''Despicable Me'' is a 2010 American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Produced by Illumination Entertainment as its first feature film, it stars the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Jack McBrayer, and Julie Andrews. The film follows Felonious Gru, a longtime supervillain who adopts three orphan girls to use as pawns in a villainous scheme but reluctantly develops an emotional attachment to them. Development of ''Despicable Me'' began when writer Sergio Pablos pitched the idea about a main character having villainous attributes to producer Chris Meledandri following Illumination's foundation in 2007. The film was announced in 2008, with much of its creative team attached. Animation was provided by Paris-based studio Mac Guff. Pharrell Williams and Heitor Pereira composed the film's score, with original songs writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despicable Me 2
''Despicable Me 2'' is a 2013 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to '' Despicable Me'' (2010) and the second installment in the '' Despicable Me'' franchise. The film was directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and written by the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan, and Ken Jeong. In the film, secret agent Lucy Wilde recruits retired supervillain Gru to investigate the theft of a powerful mutagen by El Macho, a supervillain who pursues world domination. Development of ''Despicable Me 2'' began in 2010 following the success of the original film, with the directors, producers, and writers returning. Production was underway by February 2012, with the majority of the cast returning to voice the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minions (Despicable Me)
Minions () are a fictional all-male species of yellow creatures that appear in Illumination's ''Despicable Me'' franchise. They are characterized by their comedic behavior and their language, which is largely unintelligible. The Minions serve as the official mascots for Illumination and have also been described by ''The New York Times'' as "corporate icons" for Comcast in the years since their 2013 purchase of Illumination's parent company NBCUniversal, similar to Mickey Mouse for The Walt Disney Company, Mario for Nintendo or Sonic for Sega. Kevin, Stuart, and Bob are three of the most familiar Minions; they appear as stars in the film '' Minions'' (2015) and its sequel '' Minions: The Rise of Gru'' (2022). Many other Minions are mentioned by name in the films and other media in the franchise. They were created by Eric Guillon, Pierre Coffin, and Chris Renaud. Characteristics The Minions are small, yellow capsule-shaped creatures with round gray goggles. They are depic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Pablos
Sergio Pablos is a Spanish animator, director and screenwriter. While at the helm of his company (The SPA Studios), Pablos developed several concepts for animated feature films, most notably the original ideas upon which ''Despicable Me (film), Despicable Me'' (Universal Pictures and Illumination (company), Illumination in 2010) and ''Smallfoot'' (produced by the Warner Animation Group in 2018) were based. Most recently, the SPA Studios has produced Netflix's first original animated feature film, ''Klaus (film), Klaus'', written and directed by Pablos. Early life Sergio Pablos is from Madrid. After working as a key animator on ''Once Upon a Forest'' (1993), he moved to Paris, France, to pursue a career opportunity at Walt Disney Animation Studios where he worked on ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996) and Hercules (1997 film), ''Hercules'' (1997). Pablos was then promoted to a Supervising Animator position at Disney Feature Animation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rise Of Gru (soundtrack)
''Minions: The Rise of Gru'' (also known as ''Minions 2'') is a 2022 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to '' Minions'' (2015), a prequel to ''Despicable Me'' (2010), and the fifth entry overall in the ''Despicable Me'' franchise. The film was directed by Kyle Balda, co-directed by Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val, and produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy and Chris Renaud, from a screenplay written by Matthew Fogel, and a story by Fogel and Brian Lynch. It features Steve Carell reprising his role as Gru and Pierre Coffin as the Minions, along with Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Steve Coogan, and Julie Andrews reprising their respective roles as Dr. Nefario, Mr. Perkins, Silas Ramsbottom, and Gru's mother Marlena. New cast members include Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, and Alan Arkin. In the film, an eleven-year-old Gru plans to become a supervillain with the help of his Minions, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Lynch (writer)
Brian Michael Lynch (born June 21, 1973) is an American film and comic book writer. Lynch was the initial writer and co-creator of '' Angel: After the Fall'' for IDW Publishing alongside Joss Whedon, and is best known for writing the screenplays for the films '' Puss in Boots'' (2011), '' Minions'' (2015), ''The Secret Life of Pets'' (2016), '' The Secret Life of Pets 2'' (2019), and '' Minions: The Rise of Gru'' (2022). He has also written unproduced film adaptations of both ''The Sims'' and ''The Muppets.'' Life and career Growing up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, Lynch attended Middletown High School South and William Paterson University of New Jersey. Lynch went to school with (and was friends with) Vincent Pereira, who worked with Kevin Smith at the Quick Stop/RST Video and who inspired Smith's own film career. Despite seeing himself as a writer rather than filmmaker, Lynch contributed in a non-writing capacity to Smith's early films and then wrote/directed one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike White (filmmaker)
Michael Christopher White (born June 28, 1970) is an American filmmaker and actor. He created, writes, and directs the ongoing HBO satirical comedy anthology series '' The White Lotus'', for which he has won three Primetime Emmy Awards. White also won an Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for the 2000 film ''Chuck & Buck'', which he wrote and starred in. He has written the screenplays for films such as ''School of Rock'' (2003) and has directed several films that he has written, such as '' Brad's Status'' (2017). White was a co-creator, executive producer, writer, director and actor on the HBO series '' Enlightened''. He is also known for his appearances on reality television, competing on two seasons of ''The Amazing Race'' and later becoming a contestant and runner-up on '' Survivor: David vs. Goliath''. Early life White was born in Pasadena, California. He is the son of Lyla Lee (née Loehr), a fundraising executive, and former executive director of the Pasadena Playh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Balda
Kyle Balda (born March 9, 1971) is an American animator and film director, best known for co-directing the Illumination films ''The Lorax'' (2012), with Chris Renaud; '' Minions'' (2015) and ''Despicable Me 3'' (2017), with Pierre Coffin; and '' Minions: The Rise of Gru'' (2022), with Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val. He previously worked as an animator for Industrial Light & Magic before moving to Pixar where he worked on three of their films. Early life Balda was born in Tucson, Arizona, to a Maltese mother. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1990s and dropped out after two years for a job he was offered. Career During his time at CalArts, Balda was hired by LucasArts as an intern to create the animated opening credit sequence for the graphic adventure game ''Day of the Tentacle''. He started his career as an animator by working at Industrial Light & Magic, in films including '' The Mask'' as graphics animator, ''Jumanji'' as animation sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Healy
Janet Healy is a film producer whose films include Illumination's ''Despicable Me'' animated series and other animated films by the studio. Career She worked with directors Stanley Kramer, Hal Ashby and Sam Peckinpah. Healy is a founder of the Visual Effects Society. She then joined George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic. In 1995, she joined Walt Disney Animation Studios. Healy is one of the producers of the ''Despicable Me'' franchise as well as other Illumination films including ''Sing'' (2016) and ''The Secret Life of Pets'' (2016). Beside that, she also produced ''Shark Tale'' (2004) for DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Stud .... Filmography Films References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Janet 20th-century births Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Meledandri
Christopher Meledandri (; 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 for the film series of ''Ice Age'', '' Despicable Me'', '' The Secret Life of Pets'' and '' Sing''. In 2021, he joined Nintendo's board of directors after working with the video game company on '' The Super Mario Bros. Movie''. Meledandri also collaborates with Illumination's corporate sibling DreamWorks Animation. Early life Meledandri was born on May 15, 1959 in New York City to Roland Meledandri, a men's fashion designer, and Risha Meledandri, an activist, and grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. His father was of Italian descent. Meledandri attended Dartmouth College. Career Early career Meledandri's first job in the film industry came when he worked as an assistant to executive producer Daniel Melnick on the set of '' Footloose''. He co-founded the productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Coffin
Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 16 March 1967) is a French animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He is best known for co-directing the first four installments in the Despicable Me, ''Despicable Me'' franchise and being the primary voice of the Minions (Despicable Me), Minions, which won him the Kids Family Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards. He also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for ''Despicable Me 2''. Life and career Coffin was born on 16 March 1967 in France to Nh. Dini, an Indonesian novelist and Yves Coffin, a French diplomat. He has a sister, Marie-Claire. During his childhood, they often moved across Asia, living in Cambodia and Japan, before settling in a Parisian suburb in the 1970s. Growing up, their father forbade them watching television, considering it too passive. Instead, Coffin drew, read and listened to music a lot. Although he had never considered a career in the arts, some talented friends of his, who were be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Renaud
Chris Renaud (born December 1966) is an American filmmaker, designer, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known for his work at Illumination (company), Illumination, including directing the company's animated films such as the Despicable Me (film), first, Despicable Me 2, second, and Despicable Me 4, fourth films in the ''Despicable Me'' franchise (2010–present), the first two of which he co-directed with Pierre Coffin, ''The Lorax (film), The Lorax'' (2012), ''The Secret Life of Pets'' (2016) and its sequel ''The Secret Life of Pets 2'' (2019). He also voiced the Minions (Despicable Me), Minions in the first two films in the ''Despicable Me'' franchise and Norman in ''The Secret Life of Pets (franchise), The Secret Life of Pets'' franchise, the former which he co-created with Coffin. Renaud received nominations for two Academy Awards for the ''Ice Age (franchise), Ice Age'' short film ''No Time for Nuts'' (2006) and ''Despicable Me 2'' (2013). Life and career Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
