Chris Miller
Birthdate: Jan 20, 1968
Birthplace: Washington D.C. USA
Chris Miller (birthname: Christopher Matthew Miller) is a veteran animation director, story artist, and voice actor who has worked at DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Animation. Miller’s debut as feature animation director/co-writer was the DreamWorks Animation sequel, Shrek the Third (2007), starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Justin Timberlake and Eric Idle, and amassing a strong $808 million return (on $160 million costs) for distributor Paramount Pictures, as well as receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Film.
Miller’s first film as director of an original animated feature was DreamWorks Animation’s well-received adventure comedy, Puss in Boots (2011), written by Tom Wheeler and co-starring the voices of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Bily Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris, and grossing $555 million on a $130 million budget.
Miller returned to feature animation direction after a fourteen-year pause with Paramount Animation’s rebooted musical fantasy, Smurfs (2025), written by Pam Brady and co-starring the impressive voice cast of Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Jimmy Kimmel, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Kurt Russell and John Goodman, and which was released by Paramount Pictures.
Miller in his first decade as a feature animator doubled as story artist and actor in a handful of DreamWorks Animation features including his best-known turn as the Magic Mirror in the Shrek series, starting with Shrek (2001), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Madagascar (2005) and Monsters vs. Aliens (2009).
Miller also performed solely as a voice actor in Shrek 2 (2004) and the sequel Shrek the Third (2007); in the Madagascar sequels Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012) and Penguins of Madagascar (2014); in Puss in Boots and Turbo (2013); in The Boss Baby (2017); and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017).
Personal life
Chris Miller was born and raised in Washington, D.C., by his parents. Miller studied animation at California Institute of the Arts, from which he graduated in the early 1990s. Miller has been married to film production manager Laura Miller since 1996.
Known For
Shrek the Third
(2007)
Chris Miller Movies
director
Previous (2)
- 2025 |
- 2007 |
Shrek the Third
Reluctantly designated as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away, Shrek hatches a plan to install the rebellious Artie as the new king while Princess Fiona tries to fend off a coup d'état by the jilted Prince Charming.
actor
Previous (11)
- 2017 |
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
asNobel Audience Member
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Two overly-imaginative pranksters hypnotize their grumpy principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted, underwear-themed superhero.
- 2014 |
Penguins of Madagascar
asKowalski
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
- 2012 |
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
asKowalski
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
The Madagascar animals join a struggling European circus to get back to New York, but find themselves being pursued by a psychotic animal-control officer.
- 2011 |
Puss in Boots
asLittle Boy Blue
An outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend, and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor, and regain the trust of his mother and town.
- 2008 |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
asKowalski
The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve in Kenya, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.
- 2007 | Shrek the Third
- 2005 | Madagascaras Kowalski
- 2005 |
Madagascar
asKowalski
A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.
- 2002 | Big City Blues
- 2001 | Shrekas Geppetto
- 2001 |
Facts About Chris Miller
Mentor: Chris Miller—soon after graduating from CalArts–worked in the animation studio run by legendary animator Ralph Bakshi, whose X-rated features revolutionized American animation style.
What’s in a Name?: Miller can sometimes—but should not–be confused with Lego movie animation director Christopher Miller.
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