Janet Healy is a film producer whose films include Illumination's ''

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'' animated series and other animated films by the studio.

Career

She worked with directors

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and

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. Healy is a founder of the

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. She then joined

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. In 1995, she joined

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. Healy is one of the producers of the ''

'' franchise as well as other Illumination films including ''

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'' (2016) and ''

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'' (2016). Beside that, she also produced ''

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'' (2004) for

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Filmography

Films

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